MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon. temp. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (26.5mm, 10.98 g, 1h). Olympian Games issue. Beroea mint. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, with hanging hair / Two tetrastyle temples seen in perspective. RPC VII.2 132.3 = Dow, ACTTB, p. 210 & 219 (this coin); AMNG 796. Green patina, a couple of small pits. VF. Extremely rare, one of three recorded in RPC. From the Joseph A. Dow Collection. Ex Tuck Pittman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 84, 5 May 2010), lot 847; Christopher Morcom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76/1, 12 September 2007), lot 1041; Clarence S. Bement Collection.The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapters on Paul’s Second and Third Missionary Journeys (AD 49–51 and AD 52–57). CNG is pleased to offer coins from the collection of the author here, and in subsequent electronic auctions. In this session we offer 33 coins, many illustrated in his book and cited in Roman Provincial Coins Online. Many are the RPC Online Feature coin or Plated coin in printed volumes. Closing Date and Time: 21 January 2026 at 13:00:20 ET.Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyers fee for bids placed on this website, 25% for all others.
