Macedonia, Koinon AE (Alexander the Great/Athena, RPC VI 30898)

KOINON OF MACEDONIA
Time of Severus Alexander
AE (25.0mm, 9.17g, 1h)
Struck AD 222-235
Obverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed and draped bust of Alexander the Great left, holding shield and spear
Reverse: ΚΟΙΝΟ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΝΕΩ, Athena seated left, holding Kabeiros and spear; beside throne, shield; star in lower right field
References: RPC Online, Vol. VI, No. 30898 temp. (1 spec., this coin)

A new type, only recently added to RPC Online and apparently unique. A bold portrait of Alexander the Great, in style reminiscent of the roughly contemporary great Aboukir gold medallion, found in Egypt in 1902 and now housed in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

Collezione : Roman Provincial