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VII.2, 259
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/259
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Volume
VII.2
Number
259
Province
Macedonia
Region
Macedonia
City
Koinon of Macedonia
Reign
Gordian III
Issue
Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin (and star)
Obverse inscription
ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design
head of Alexander the Great, r., wearing lion skin; below, star
Reverse inscription
ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚƐΔΟΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design
Olympias as Hygieia seated l., feeding serpent from patera rising from cista, resting on throne
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
27 mm
Reference
AMNG —
Specimens
2 (0 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
A: 1906
10.44
pierced
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2
2
✸
Gorny & Mosch 232, 5 Oct. 2015, lot 326
26.6
13.16
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