TYPE Greek Imperial, pseudo-autonomous issues of Koinon of Macedon, mid-3rd c. AD, bronze AE25 DESCRIPTION . Obv: Head of Alexander the Great in lion-skin right, Greek legend ALEXANDROU ("of Alexander") Rev: Emperor (or Alexander) on horseback to right, with spear and flying mantle, Greek inscription KOINON MAKEDONON B NEO REFERENCE: LE 1379, Cop 1372, BMC 103 GRADING: F+, bit encrusted olive green patina, scarce ORDER INFO: G1997, $40 A scarce and attractive large bronze from the later Roman period, with a finely styled portrait of the great conqueror, who's appearance here is probably as much a nominal homage paid to the celebrated king's birthplace province as it is a suggestive device of wishful 3rd century Roman emperors.