RPC VII.2, 264

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 264
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
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin; below, star
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟ(ΡΩΝ)
Edition κοινόν Μακεδόνων β' νεωκόρων
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design two temples facing each other, seen from a three-quarter view; above each temple, agonistic crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.07 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 743–4
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die as 254/3, 255/1, 256/2–3, 260/2, 261/1, 262/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 171 AMNG 743.1
2 2     Sofia AMNG 744.1 = cast in BBAW
3 3     CNG EA 111, 30 Mar. 2005, lot 48 = Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, The Boukephalas coll., lot 447.72
4 4     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 161 = Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1626
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1886 = Lanz 160, 15 June 2015, lot 102
6 6     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 144 = M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 17 = Gorny 31, 24 Apr. 1985, lot 93
7 7     Naville Numismatics 15, 7 June 2015, lot 122