MACEDONIA, Koinon. Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Æ 25mm (13.14 gm). 
      ALEXANDROV, head of Alexander the Great right, gazing upward, wearing 
      crested Athenian helmet decorated with griffin / KOINON MAKE­ONWN, NE[W] 
      in exergue, Alexander standing right, nude but for cloak flowing out 
      behind him, plaing harness on Bucephalas rearing left. SNG Copenhagen 
      1357; McClean 139; Gaebler, AMNG 442a var. (reverse legend breaks); 
      Cornell 87 (this coin). EF, brown patina. Superb artistic rendition of 
      Alexander. ($1500) From the David Simpson Collection. Ex Tkalec Auktion 
      (27 March 1991), lot 356. Bucephalas was a magnificent black stallion with 
      a white blaze on his forehead, and was the pride and joy of Alexander. 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.


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1690.
 
 Lot sold for $2400, plus buyers fees.

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