RPC VII.2, 106

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 106
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type A: Alexander with hanging hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with hanging hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great standing right, placing bridle on Bucephalus rearing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.72 g
Axis 1, 10, 12
Reference AMNG 554–7
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die as 108/1, 3, 111/3, 8, 119/1–4, 135/3, 6, 10. 2: same obv. die as 94/6–7, 112/1–2, 123/5, 128/1, 132/2–3. 4, 10: same obv. die as 94/5, 126/1–3, 127/1, 131/2, 134/1, 135/2, 4–5, 8–9. 1: same rev. die as 267/1. 2: same rev. die as 282/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18202674, I-B AMNG 556.2, pl. IV, 34, rev.
2 2     C: Lewis 1235 AMNG 554.2
3 3     NY: 1944.100.14337
4 4     ✸ V: GR 39628
5 5     A AMNG 554.1 = cast in BBAW
6 6     Dresden AMNG 555.1 = cast in BBAW
7 7     Florence AMNG 555.2 = cast in BBAW
8 8     Moscow AMNG 557.1 = cast in BBAW
9 9     St Petersburg AMNG 557.2 = cast in BBAW
10 10     Winterthur GrMW I, 1664 = AMNG 557.3