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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Koinon of Macedonia| > RP79978
Koinon of Macedonia, c. 244 - 245 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great
|Koinon| |of| |Macedonia|, |Koinon| |of| |Macedonia,| |c.| |244| |-| |245| |A.D.,| |Portrait| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great|, The two temples and legend on the reverse indicate "Two Neokorie," advertising the Koinon of Macedonia held the highly prized designation "double temple guardian" of the imperial cult. The first Nekoros was awarded by Nerva. The second Neokoros, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely ΔIC (double in Greek) on coins, was first received under Elagabalus. The title was rescinded but then later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
RP79978. Bronze AE 28, AMNG III 833; Mionnet supp. 3, p. 229, 446; BMC Macedonia -; SNG Cop -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Bar -; SNG Saroglos -; Lindgren -, gF, obverse rough, smoothing on reverse, Beroea (Verria, Greece) mint, weight 11.370g, maximum diameter 28.2mm, die axis 90o, c. 244 -245 A.D.; obverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, diademed head of Alexander the Great right; reverse two hexastyle temple fronts, KOINON / M-AKEΔ-O in two lines above, B NEΩKOPΩN / EOC (Era of Actium year 275) below; very rare; SOLD










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