RPC VIII, 161

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 161
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Philip I
Issue Year ƐΟϹ = 275, Type D, Alexander with lion skin
Dating AD 243/4
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ, ΕΟϹ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων εοσʹ κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων) εοσʹ
Translation Koinon of Macedonians, twice neocorate, (year) 275
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding patera and spear; beside throne, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.97 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference AMNG 842
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272578, Fox AMNG 842.1
2 2     ✸ B: 18272577 AMNG 842.2, pl. IV.24, rev.
3 3     P. Landgraf coll.
4 4     Savoca Coins Blue 259th Weekly Blue, 15 Mar. 2025, lot 230