RPC VII.2, 147

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 147
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type B: Alexander with flowing hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with flowing hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Edition Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων Ὀλύμπια Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρ(ων) Ὀλύμπια
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate, Olympia
Reverse design two agonistic crowns, each with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.10 g
Axis 2
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note AMNG 799: same description but with wreath below the head; AMNG 800: same, but with a star below the head.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.14335
2 2     Fischer 173, 13 Mar. 2020, lot 75 = Fischer 174, 28 May 2020, lot 84 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 146
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1752 = CNG 75, 23 May 2007, part of lot 796 = Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, The Boukephalas coll., lot 447.74
4 4     ✸ Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 928 = Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 650
5 5     Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 288
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Aphrodite 24, 23 June 2024, lot 183