RPC VII.2, 276

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 276
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type E: Alexander with helmeted head
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design helmeted head of Alexander the Great, right; on helmet, horseman spearing fallen captive
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ(ΩΚ)(ΟΡΩΝ)
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 775–7
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 94/6–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272546, 1929/705 AMNG 775.1 (Brüning)
2 2     ✸ B: 18272547, 1929/706 AMNG 777.1 (Brüning)
3 3     Belgrade AMNG 775a.1 = cast in BBAW
4 4     AMNG 776.1 (Windisch-Grätz) = cast in BBAW
5 5     Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 165