RPC VII.2, 94

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 94
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type A: Alexander with hanging hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with hanging hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ(Ω)(Κ)(Ο)(Ν)
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 3, 5, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 575a
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 6–7: same pair of dies. 2: same obv. die as 104/4, 122/1–2, 8, 124/1, 4, 10, 17. 4: same obv. die as 137/2–3. 5: same obv. die as 106/4, 10, 126/1–3, 127/1, 131/2, 134/1, 135/2, 4–5, 8–9. 6–7: same obv. die as 106/2, 112/1–2, 123/5, 128/1, 132/2–3. 6–7: same rev. die as 276/1.
Note On the obv., sometimes, ligature ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; on the rev., sometimes ΝΕ in ligature. A similar type has been issued under Severus Alexander: see AMNG 504. See also AMNG 574, given to Gordian III, but probably of an earlier date, see RPC VI, type ID 72327.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 269
2 2     B: 18272419, Sperling AMNG 575a.1
3 3     CNG EA 185, 2 Apr. 2008, lot 178
4 4     Helios 7, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 342
5 5     Private coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     ✸