MACEDON. Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 12.47 g, 6 h), time of Severus Alexander, 222-235. ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡ૪ Head of Alexander III 'the Great' to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a griffin on the bowl. Rev. ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝΩ ΝЄΩK Alexander, wearing lion skin headdress, riding Boukephalos to right, thrusting spear; below, star. AMNG III 444 var. (ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝΩN). A lovely and attractive example with unusually clear details. Slightly rough, otherwise, very fine.


An interesting minor detail about this coin is the lion skin headdress that Alexander is wearing on the reverse. This attribute linked the great king with Herakles and was clearly derived from Alexander's well-known Attic silver tetradrachms.