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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 3013504, member: 80147&quot;]Very nice Alexander <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/valentinian.44316/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/valentinian.44316/">Valentinian</a>, </p><p>Haven&#039;t recieved the coin yet but</p><p>a recent CNG auction (415) had quite a large consignment of&nbsp; Provincial Macedonian coins and inside that a good range of Koinon of Macedonia (federation of Macedonian communities) commemorating Alexander the Great. So could not resist this Pseudo-autonomous issue in the date range of 222 AD Severus Alexander to 249 AD either Gordian III or Philip I, Obverse with a good portrait of Alexander and Reverse two tetrastyle</p><p>temples seperated by a column with statue (probably Alexander) with inscription Koinan Macedon. B. NE the B. NE honouring the second neocourate temple. There isn&#039;t many of this</p><p>particular type so unpublished in the usual references.[ATTACH=full]747741[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Provincial. MACEDON. Koinon of Macedonia. Pseudo-autonamous 222 AD to 249 AD</p><p>. Æ (27mm, 11.19 g, 6h). Beroea mint.</p><p>OBV: AΛEΞANΔPOC bust of Alexander the Great right, flowing hair.</p><p>REV: KOINMA KE ΔONΩN.B.NE Two tetrastyle temple façades; in field between, column surmounted by statue.</p><p>&nbsp;Unpublished in the standard references. VF, green surfaces, ragged edge, some smoothing and roughness.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Belgica Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 242 (13 October 2010), lot 100[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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