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
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 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

Number Number 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