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ID:     591690
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     MACEDONIA
City:     Koinon of Macedon
Issuer:     Severus Alexander
Date Ruled:     A.D. 222-235
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE25
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 222-235
Diameter:     25 mm
Weight:     13.14 g
Obverse Legend:     AΛΣΞANΔΡOV
Obverse Description:     head of Alexander the Great right, gazing upward, wearing crested Athenian helmet decorated with griffin
Reverse Legend:     ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΣΟΝΩΝ, ΝΣ[Ω]
Reverse Description:     Alexander standing right, nude but for cloak flowing out behind him, plaing harness on Bucephalas rearing left
Primary Reference:     SNG Cop 1357
Reference2:     McClean 139
Reference3:     AMNG 442a var. (reverse legend breaks)
Reference4:     Cornell 87 (this coin)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=16401
Grade:     EF, brown patina
Notes:     Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1690 Superb artistic rendition of Alexander Bucephalas was a magnificent black stallion with a white blaze on his forehead, and was the pride and joy of Alexander. Originally, Phillip II was going to purchase the horse for himself, but finding it too unmanageable, he made a wager with his son that if he could tame and ride the horse he could keep it. Alexander, noticing that Bucephalas was afraid of his own shadow, turned the steed into the sun. As his shadow now fell behind him, Bucephalas was quickly calmed and Alexander was able to ride him. From that day, Bucephalas carried Alexander into most of his victorious battles. When the horse finally died in 326, Alexander had a state funeral for him and built a city in India where he died, naming it Bukephala.