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| OBV | ALEXANDROU, head of Alexander III right, hair bound with tania | | REV | KOINON MAKEDONWN, Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear, resting on shield | Most of them depicted the emperor, but in the second century, under Elagabalus, the koinon began depicting their ancient hero, Alexander the Great on the obverse
These coins are known as "provincial" coins because they were minted by one of the Roman Emperors within one of the Roman Provinces generally using Greek nomenclature
There were a huge number of these coins minted mostly in the second and third centuries
Often Provincial coins will exhibit small depressions or "centration dimples" in the middle of the obverse and reverse
Macedonian Koinon AE (26-28 mm, 12.57 gm)
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