RPC VII.2, 162

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 162
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 ΝΕ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νε(ωκόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great standing facing, head right, holding spear and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.18 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 666–7
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 8: same obv. die as 181/1–2. 9–10: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272494, Sperling AMNG 667.1
2 2     G SNG 749 = AMNG 666.2
3 3     Florence AMNG 666.1 = cast in BBAW
4 4     Sofia AMNG 667.2 = cast in BBAW
5 5     AMNG 666.3 (Mordtmann) = cast in BBAW
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Noble 99, 17 Apr. 2012, lot 3641
8 8     Nomos obolos 13, 2 July 2019, lot 496
9 9     Nomos obolos 7, 9 July 2017, lot 434
10 10     ✸ Nomos, Obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 517 = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 4, 19 Mar. 1999, lot 225
11 11     Rauch 91, 5 Dec. 2012, lot 88
12 12     VAuctions 308, 26 June 2014, lot 92