RPC VII.2, 305

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 305
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type E: Alexander with helmeted head (and star)
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design helmeted head of Alexander the Great, right; griffin on helmet; below, star
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design two temples facing each other, seen from a three-quarter view; between them, tall column surmounted by a statue of Alexander the Great (?) standing left, holding spear and parazonium; agonistic crown left and right above temples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.06 g
Axis 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
Reference AMNG 786–7
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 8, 10: same pair of dies. 2–3, 8, 10: same obv. die as 297/1, 301/1–3, 302/1, 303/1, 304/1, 328/1–2. 1, 3, 7–8, 10: same rev. die as 196/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1927,0302.3
2 2     P: 250 AMNG 787.1
3 3     B: 18214417, I-B AMNG 786.2, pl. IV.16, obv., V.9, rev. = AMNG III.2, 54, pl. V.14, rev.
4 4     B: 18272554, 1929/454 AMNG 786.5 (Mordtmann)
5 5     Cop SNG 1377 = AMNG 786.3
6 6     G SNG 751 = AMNG 786.1
7 7     Mu AMNG 786.5
8 8     ✸ NY: 1944.100.14331
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 59