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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3039248, member: 56859&quot;]Someone has been nibbling on your cookie!&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t interfere with the devices at all and your coin is a fantastic strike with great preservation compared to most of the Macedonian Koinon coins I&#039;ve seen.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my lowly example of a lofty type, Alexander taming Bucephalus.&nbsp; Oh how I&#039;d love a better example.&nbsp; This one was from a large and mostly unattributed mixed lot.&nbsp; Maybe I should try cleaning it, although someone else has already done so and left unsightly scrapes.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/koinonmacedonbucephalus-lg-jpg.333293/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Macedon Koinon</b></p><p>3rd century AD (in the time of Severus Alexander? Gordian III? Caracalla? This type was minted during several reigns)</p><p>AE27, 13.5 gm</p><p>Obv: (in theory...) AΛEΞANΔPOC; head of Alexander right (flowing hair? lion skin? helmeted?)</p><p>Rev: KOINON MAKEΔONΩN [NEsomething]; Alexander standing right, naked except for chlamys which flies behind him, taming his horse Bucephalus who rears left before him</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 1357?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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