Alexander the Great | Diademed | Palm | Table
Macedon, Koinon of Macedon
Time of Gordian III (239-244 CE)
Amphipolis mint
Æ 27,7mm 13,00g
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΡΔΟΥ; diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with flowing hair; below, serpent.
R/ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡ; agonistic table seen in perspective from right, holding purse between two agonistic crowns with palm
AMNG 686 RPC VII 2. 194
Alexander the Great | Diademed | Prize | Star | Table
Macedon, Koinon of Macedon
Pseudo-autonomous issue 238-244 CE
Æ 25mm, 13,95g
AΛEΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander III of Macedon right /
KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NE, table with two prize urns; star below
BMC 133-4; AMG III 696
Alexander the Great | Branch | Griffin | Helmet | Palm | Prize
Macedon, Koinon. Pseudo-autonomous issue
Beroia mint
Time of Philip I 244-249 CE
Ae 23mm 9.77g
Obv: ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Helmeted head of Alexander III ‘the Great’ right, griffin on helmet.
Rev: ΚΟΙ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝ Β ΝΕΩ ΕΝ ΒΕΡΟΙΑ Two agonistic crowns, each with one palm branch
Cf. AMNG 869 (Alexander without helmet). Cf. RPC VIII online, unassigned; ID 70374 (same)
Alexander the Great | Branch | Diademed | Green | Palm | Prize | Wreath
Macedon, Koinon of Macedon
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Gordian III (238-244)
Æ 24,3mm, 9.9g
Diademed head of Alexander III right, upward-looking, with flowing hair.
R/ KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN B NЄΩKOP / OΛVMΠIA. Two prize crowns, each containing palm branch, OΛVM in field above, ΠIA below
AMNG 799 var. (wreath on obv.); Gemini VI, lot 650.
Apparently struck in commemoration of Gordian’s presence in Beroea in 242 for the games and festivities which were modeled after the original Olympic games at Elis.