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VII.2, 280
Image of specimen #8
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/280
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Volume
VII.2
Number
280
Province
Macedonia
Region
Macedonia
City
Koinon of Macedonia
Reign
Gordian III
Issue
Type E: Alexander with helmeted head
Obverse inscription
ΑΛ
Ε
ΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition
Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation
of Alexander
Obverse design
helmeted head of Alexander the Great, right; griffin on helmet
Reverse inscription
ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚ
Ε
ΔΟΝΩΝ Β Ν
Ε
Ω
Edition
κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων)
Translation
Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design
Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding couched spear; below, star
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
26 mm
Average weight
9.67 g
Axis
1, 2, 9, 12
Reference
AMNG 769–70
Specimens
9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links
1–3, 5–9: same obv. die as 288/8, 16–17, 19. 4: same obv. die as 277/1–4, 277A/1, 281/4, 284/1–2, 286/1, 288/1, 6–7, 9, 12, 18, 20, 292/3, 293/1–8.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
C: Leake
AMNG 770.2
28
10.24
2
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2
2
Cop
SNG 1376 = AMNG 770.1
26
9.85
1
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3
3
Mu
AMNG 770.3
26.3
11.59
9
Show
4
4
V: GR 10697
AMNG 769.1
26
7.94
12
Show
5
5
CGT coll.
25
7.16
12
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6
6
CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 359 = M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 243
25
8.82
1
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7
7
Kölner Münzkabinett EA 3, 25 June 2017, lot 194
26
10.94
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8
8
✸
Münzzentrum 184, 16 May 2018, lot 145
10.42
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9
9
Savoca 9 Blue Part I, 25 Aug. 2018, lot 756
26
10.10
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