RPC VI, 278 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 278 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Severus Alexander
Issue 2 neocoria — Type A hanging hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with hanging hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ(ΝΟΝ) ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚ(ΟΡΟ)
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, his mantle floating behind him, hurling spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 495–6 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note A similar type has been issued under Gordian III, see AMNG 565.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: TC,p96.12.Mac BMC 122 = AMNG 495.1 = ZfN 25 (1906), pl. I, 5 (obv.)
2 2     V: GR 10702 AMNG 496.1
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1751