RPC VII.1, 648.2

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 648.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Harpasa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Neapolis ad Harpasum
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΡΠΑϹΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝƐΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΥΑ
Reverse design Athena standing r., brandishing spear and holding shield in raised l., next to cult statue of Artemis Ephesia, standing l., star next to her headdress; at her feet, stag
Metal Æ
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Reference Delrieux HP 20; Franke & Nollé 638
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–5: same pair of dies. 4–5: same obv. die as 648.1/1, 3.
Note Same obv. die as for 648.1, but end of obv. legend tooled in ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     ✸ Milan: 7297