RPC VII.2, 288

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 288
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 ΝΕ(Ω)(ΚΟ)
Reverse design lion advancing, right; above, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
Reference AMNG 781–4
Specimens 23 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6–7, 9, 12, 18, 20: same obv. die as 277/1–4, 277A/1, 280/4, 281/4, 284/1–2, 286/1, 292/3, 293/1–8. 8, 16–17, 19: same obv. die as 280/1–3, 5–9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 248 AMNG 784.5
2 2     B: 18272548, 1933/326
3 3     B: 18272549, 1954/5240 AMNG 781.2
4 4     B: 18272551, 1929/707 AMNG 782.1 (Brüning)
5 5     B: 18272552, Prokesch-Osten AMNG 784.3
6 6     Mu AMNG 783.1
7 7     Mu AMNG 783.2
8 8     ✸ O: Bodley AMNG 781.3
9 9     A: 1562a AMNG 784.2
10 10     Belgrade AMNG 781.1 = cast in BBAW
11 11     Florence AMNG 784.4 = cast in BBAW
12 12     Münster: M 653
13 13     Sofia AMNG 784.6 = cast in BBAW
14 14     Turin AMNG 784.7 = cast in BBAW
15 15     AMNG 784.1 (Agram) = cast in BBAW
16 16     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 16, 12 July 2015, lot 120
17 17     CNG EA 278, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 192
18 18     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1741
19 19     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 330
20 20     Roma Numismatics EA 52, 10 Jan. 2019, lot 225 = Roma Numismatics EA 70, 7 May 2020, lot 546
21 21     Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, The Boukephalas coll., lot 447.54
22 22     Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, The Boukephalas coll., lot 447.55 = Elsen 76, 13 Sept. 2003, lot 725 = CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 796 (part of)
23 23     Numisfitz 1, 26 Mar. 2023, lot 449