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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Koinon of Macedonia| > RP58833
Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great
|Koinon| |of| |Macedonia|, |Koinon| |of| |Macedonia,| |Reign| |of| |Gordian| |III,| |238| |-| |244| |A.D.,| |Portrait| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great|, Simillar types with the club over lion reverse that identify only a single Neokorie in the reverse legend (no B) were struck under Severus Alexander, c. 231 - 238. Another similar issue is dated EOC, year 275 of the Actium Era (244 - 245 A.D.), on the reverse. They were probably struck for the visit of Philip I in 244.
RP58833. Bronze AE 26, AMNG III 741; BMC Macedonia p. 24, 118; SNG Cop 1375; SNG Bar 504; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Saroglos -; Lindgren -, aVF, rough, Beroea (Verria, Greece) mint, weight 10.578g, maximum diameter 26.1mm, die axis 180o, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩ, lion walking right, club left above; scarce; SOLD










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