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 ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΡΠΑϹΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΥΑ
Edition Ἁρπασηνῶν καὶ Νεαπολιτῶν ὁμονύα Ἁρπασηνῶν καὶ Νεαπολιτῶν ὁμονύα
Translation concord of the Harpasenes and Neapolitans
Reverse design Athena standing right, brandishing spear and holding shield in raised left, next to cult statue of Artemis Ephesia, standing left, star next to her headdress; at her feet, stag
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 16.84 g
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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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     ✸ Milan: 7297