RPC VII.2, 178

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 178
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type B: Alexander with flowing hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with flowing hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ(Ω)(ΚΟ)
Edition Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκό(ρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from right, holding two agonistic crowns with palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.62 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference AMNG 691–4
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note For a similar type issued under Severus Alexander (AMNG —), see RPC VI, type ID 72407 (NY 1944.100.14323), and also AMNG 521, where the table is seen from front.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu AMNG 693.1
2 2     Dresden AMNG 691.1 = cast in BBAW
3 3     AMNG 694.1 (Klagenfurt) = cast in BBAW
4 4     CGT coll.