RPC VII.2, 308

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 308
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type G: Alexander with diadem and ram horn
Obverse inscription ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, r., with hanging hair and ram horn
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚƐΔΟΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝƐΩ
Reverse design Olympias as Hygieia seated l., feeding serpent from patera, resting on throne
Metal Æ
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 527, 529, 550 corr.
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 239/2–3. 2: same rev. die as 239/4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1933,0908.2
2 2     P: 278
3 3     ✸ B: 18202673, Löbb. AMNG 529.1, pl. IV.27, rev.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.14326
5 5     Klagenfurt AMNG 527.1 = cast in BBAW
6 6     Sofia AMNG 550.3 = rev. cast in BBAW
7 7     Vat AMNG 550.2 = cast in BBAW
8 8     CGT coll. = Savoca, 24 Blue, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 640 = cast in BBAW (Hirsch, 1905)
9 9     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 15, 6 Apr. 2014, lot 389