RPC VII.2, 256

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 256
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin (and star)
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin; below, star
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Edition Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων δὶς νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation the Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Axis 6, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 729
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 2–3: same obv. die as 254/3, 255/1, 260/2, 261/1, 262/1, 264/1, 3. 2–4, 6: same rev. die as 100/1, 314/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272522 AMNG 729.3 (Mordtmann)
2 2     C: Leake AMNG 729.2
3 3     Mu AMNG 729.4
4 4     Frankfurt AMNG 729.1 = cast in BBAW
5 5     Tübingen AMNG 729.5 = cast in BBAW
6 6     Private coll.