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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1822172, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m slowly going through the big mixed lot from Stacks.&nbsp; They are essentially unattributed, although some have a ruler&#039;s name.&nbsp; This one had nothing.&nbsp; I saw the reverse and was delighted!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a shame it was cleaned with a hammer drill but I&#039;m still happy to have it because of the wonderful story it depicts.&nbsp; These coins do not appear to be plentiful.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have the attribution nailed down so if any of you can help, it would be welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]299317[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macedon Koinon</b></p><p>3rd century AD (in the time of Severus Alexander? Gordian III?&nbsp; Caracalla? This type was minted during several reigns)</p><p>AE27, 13.5 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; (in theory...) AΛEΞANΔPOC; head of Alexander right (flowing hair? lion skin?)</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; KOINON MAKEΔONΩN [?]NEΩ Alexander standing right, naked except for chlamys which flies behind him, taming his horse Bucephalas who rears left before him</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; ??</p><p><br /></p><p>Check out this great story about Alexander III&#039;s famous horse, from CNG&#039;s archives:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d seen coins attributed to &quot;Macedon Koinon&quot; before but didn&#039;t understand what that meant.&nbsp; Here&#039;s what I read today (from Forvm):[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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