Ancient Greek coin – HCR127069

Obverse

Design:

Diademed head of Alexander, long haired, right

Reverse

Inscription:

ΟΛΥΜ-ΠΙΑΔΟC (either side)

Design:

Cista mystica containing coiled serpent rearing left

Information

Period

Roman Provincial

Dynasty

Severan

Reign

Severus Alexander

Person

Alexander III of Macedon, 336 BCE–323 BCE (ruler/authority)

Mint

Beroea (Macedonia), Koinon of the Macedonians (Roman Provincial)

Denomination

Uncertain

Material

gold

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 222 – 235 (According to Karsten Dahmen)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.36

Axis

Diameter (mm)

17.6

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

19/11/1957

Source

Dr E. S. G. Robinson; Hess Sale, 15/4/1957, 163.

Acquisition credit

Presented by Dr E. S. G. Robinson, 1957.

mint attribution: uncertain
Uncertain reign

Find Spot

Aboukir Find

Reference

SNG Ashmolean III : 3311

Reference

Dahmen, Aboukir and Tarsos : p. 534, 4

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