RPC VII.2, 79

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 79
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Beroea
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ ΒΕΡΟΙΕ
Edition κοι(νὸν) Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων) Βεροιέ(ων)
Translation of the Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate, of the Beroeans
Reverse design Olympias as Hygieia seated left, with patera feeding serpent rising from cista, resting on throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.54 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 860
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272712, Prokesch-Osten AMNG 860.1 and pl. XI, 25 = Gaebler, Beroia, pl. III, 3
2 2     Turin AMNG 860.2 = cast in BBAW