RPC VII.2, 261

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 261
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin (and star)
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin; below, star
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ
Reverse design two temples seen from front, each with five columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 746
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 254/3, 255/1, 256/2–3, 260/2, 262/1, 264/1, 3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1847,1101.70 BMC 110 = AMNG 746.1