RPC VI, 277 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 277 (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 ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β Ν(Ε)(Ω)(ΚΟ)
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, his mantle floating behind him, holding couched spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 5, 7, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 497–503
Specimens 19 (4 in the core collections)
Note See AMNG 566-71 for a similar type issued under Gordian III. AMNG also gives 497, 498a-b and 503 to the time of Severus Alexander.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 212 AMNG 502.2
2 2     ✸ C: 118-1948
3 3     C SNG Lewis 1234 = AMNG 502.1
4 4     Mu AMNG 503.1 = ZfN 25 (1906), pl. I, 8 (rev.)
5 5     Frankfurt AMNG 497.1 = cast in BBAW
6 6     Modena AMNG 501.1 = cast in BBAW
7 7     N: 6647 AMNG 500.1 = cast in BBAW
8 8     Turin-RA AMNG 499.1 = cast in BBAW
9 9     Vat AMNG 498.1 = cast in BBAW
10 10     Agram-2062 = cast in BBAW
11 11     AMNG 498a (Rollin et Feuardent, 1905) = cast in BBAW
12 12     AMNG 498b.1 (Rollin et Feuardent) = cats in BBAW
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CNG EA 254, 20 Apr. 2011, lot 182
15 15     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 278 = Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 172
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1909
17 17     Nomos obolos 10, 30 June 2018, lot 272
18 18     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 416
19 19     Savoca Blue 7, 26 May 2018, lot 592