RPC VII.2, 247

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 247
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ(ΟΡ), Β
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων νεωκόρων β' κοινὸν Μακεδόνων νεωκόρ(ων) β'
Translation koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from left, holding two agonistic crowns with palm; below, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 8, 9, 12
Reference AMNG 752–3
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 217/4, 232/2. 6: same obv. die as 251/1, 3, 6. 3: same rev. die as 129/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 230 AMNG 752.2
2 2     Mu AMNG 752.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.14334
4 4     A: 1907-8 Λ
5 5     AMNG 753.1 (Gaudin) = cast in BBAW
6 6     ✸ Solidus Winter 38, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 244 = Lanz 156, 2 June 2013, lot 112