RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 70345)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 70345)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Philip I
Issue Year ƐΟϹ = 275, Type D, Alexander with lion skin
Dating AD 243/4
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ, ΕΟϹ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων εοσʹ κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νε(ωκόρων) εοσʹ
Translation Koinon of Macedonians, twice neocorate, (year) 275
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from left, holding two agonistic crowns with palm; to left, coiled serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.76 g
Axis 1, 11
Reference AMNG 847 corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The coiled serpent had not been mentioned in AMNG.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: RPK,p92.7.Mac BMC 111 = AMNG 847.1
    ✸ CNG EA 522, 24 Aug. 2022, lot 219 = Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1908 = Gorny & Mosch EA 259, 20 Oct. 2018, lot 3438 = VAuctions Pars Coins Sale 2, 15 July 2019, lot 449
    CNG, Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, The Boukephalas coll., lot 447.82 = Elsen 76, 13 Sept. 2003, lot 728