Lot 91: Roman Provincial, Macedonia-Beroea, Quasi-Autonomous Coinage under Elagabalus-Philip, AE26, 3rd Century AD, Koinon of Macedonia

Roman Provincial, Macedonia-Beroea, Quasi-Autonomous Coinage under Elagabalus-Philip, AE26, 3rd Century AD, Koinon of Macedonia
AΛEΞANΔPOY
Bust of Alexander the Great right wearing lion-skin headdress
KOINON MAKEΔONΩN / NEΩ
Olympias, veiled, seated left on lion bench, feeding serpent at left from patera in right hand
25mm x 27mm, 13.70g
SNG Copenhagen --; AMNG III/1 416

VF, slight porosity. The reverse type with Alexander's mother refers to belief she was an enchantress and participated in Orphic rites with snakes.

• Offered By: Beast Coins
• Lot #: 91
• Listing #: 230436
• Closed: Thursday, June 26, 2014 5:45:00 PM CT
• Estimate: $125