RPC VII.2, 180

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 180
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 ΝΕΩΚ(Ο), Β
Edition κοινόν Μακεδόνων νεωκόων β' κοινόν Μακεδόνων νεωκό(ων) β'
Translation the 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 9.54 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 687–8
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 7: same rev. die as 293/8.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 283 AMNG 687.1
2 2     P: 182 AMNG 688.2
3 3     ✸ V: GR 10707 AMNG 687.2
4 4     A: 1906-7 KZ
5 5     Florence AMNG 868.1 = cast in BBAW
6 6     AMNG 688.1 (Istanbul, Russian Archaeological Institute) = cast in BBAW
7 7     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 143
8 8     Trade May 2020