RPC VII.2, 257

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 257
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin (and star)
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin; below, star
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νε(ωκόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great standing facing, head right, holding spear and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.20 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 739
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272528 AMNG 739.3 (Mordtmann)
2 2     Cop SNG 1374 = AMNG 739.2
3 3     Gotha AMNG 739.1 = cast in BBAW