RPC VIII, 172

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 172
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Philip I
Issue Year ƐΟϹ = 275, Type E, Alexander with helmeted head
Dating AD 243/4
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design helmeted head of Alexander the Great, right; griffin on helmet
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚ, ΕΟϹ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων εοσʹ κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκ(όρων) εοσʹ
Translation Koinon of Macedonians, twice neocorate, (year) 275
Reverse design lion advancing right; above, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.56 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 852–4
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 6–7, 10, 12–14: same obv. die as 167/5–6, 169/1, 3, 6, 173/1, 182/2–3, 5–6.
Note The date ƐΟϹ is either placed below the club (AMNG 852), above the club (AMNG 853) or in the exergue (AMNG 854).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272589, 1901/355 AMNG 852.1
2 2     G SNG 754
3 3     Vat AMNG 853.3 = cast in BBAW
4 4     AMNG 853.2 (Jakuntschikoff coll.) = cast in BBAW
5 5     AMNG 854.1 (Mowat coll.) = cast in BBAW
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 241 = CNG EA 275, 7 Mar. 2012, lot 461 (part of) = CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1144 = Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1625
8 8     CNG EA 438, 20 Feb. 2019, lot 362
9 9     CNG, Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, The Boukephalas coll., lot 447.58
10 10     Davissons EA 34, 5 Feb. 2020, lot 32 = Nomos obolos 9, 25 Mar. 2018, lot 680 = Davissons 38, 2 Feb. 2019, lot 65
11 11     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1742
12 12     ✸ Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 8170
13 13     Lanz 128, 22 May 2006, lot 112
14 14     Numisfitz 7, 14 Dec. 2025, lot 540