RPC VII.2, 280

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design helmeted head of Alexander the Great, right; griffin on helmet
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding couched spear; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
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 Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Leake AMNG 770.2
2 2     Cop SNG 1376 = AMNG 770.1
3 3     Mu AMNG 770.3
4 4     V: GR 10697 AMNG 769.1
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 359 = M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 243
7 7     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 3, 25 June 2017, lot 194
8 8     ✸ Münzzentrum 184, 16 May 2018, lot 145
9 9     Savoca 9 Blue Part I, 25 Aug. 2018, lot 756