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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2210566, member: 57495"]It's a mid 3rd century Roman provincial issue from the Koinon (federation of communities) of Macedonia. The obverse head is that of Alexander the Great, and the legend spells out his name - AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ. Your pictures are a bit out of focus, so I can't quite see the details of the reverse clearly, but there are a variety of these coin types and they generally feature two temples. Some examples illustrating just a few variations:</p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=79022" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=79022" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=79022</a></p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=62703" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=62703" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=62703</a></p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=61526" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=61526" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=61526</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2210566, member: 57495"]It's a mid 3rd century Roman provincial issue from the Koinon (federation of communities) of Macedonia. The obverse head is that of Alexander the Great, and the legend spells out his name - AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ. Your pictures are a bit out of focus, so I can't quite see the details of the reverse clearly, but there are a variety of these coin types and they generally feature two temples. Some examples illustrating just a few variations: [url]http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=79022[/url] [url]http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=62703[/url] [url]http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=61526[/url][/QUOTE]
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