RPC VI, 246 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 246 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Elagabalus
Issue Type B: Alexander with flowing hair, r.
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with flowing hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ(ΚΟ)(Ρ)(ΩΝ)
Edition Κοι(νόν) Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from left, holding two agonistic crowns with a palm branch each
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.54 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference AMNG 470–2
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 184 AMNG 471.1 = Mi I, 556, 594
2 2     B: 18257181, 1929/696 AMNG 472.1
3 3     ✸ B: 18257180, I-B AMNG 472.2 = ZfN 24 (1904), pl. VI, 11
4 4     V: GR 10706 AMNG 470.2
5 5     St Florian AMNG 472.3 = cast in BBAW
6 6     AMNG 470.1 (Solon) = cast in BBAW
7 7     Baldwin’s The New York Sale XXXII, 8 Jan. 2014, lot 197
8 8     CGT coll. = Savoca 106 Blue, 26 June 2021, lot 427
9 9     VAuctions 274, 15 Dec. 2011, lot 61
10 10     Zeus Numismatics 3, 11 jan. 2020, lot 270
11 11     Numisfitz 1, 26 Mar. 2023, lot 445