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Description: | Obv: Head of Alexander, right, wearing lion's skin; in front, palm branch incised.
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ALEXANDROMA GNOAVGTRPPP
Rev: Male figure, wearing short chiton and hunting boots, standing right, pointing spear, which is held in both hands, at head of boar at bay left in mouth of cave; a hound springing right fastens fangs in throat of quarry; in background, a cypress tree. ISSU UNCERTAIN Rome Italy Die axis: 180
Alexander appears only on Roman Contorniates, not on Roman coins. This head is familiar from the Macedonian festival coinage of first half of 3rd century A.D. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MEDAL? : COUNTER? : CHITON : HUNTING BOOTS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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