RPC VII.1, 655

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 655
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Neapolis ad Harpasum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Candidus (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑΜ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΝΔΙΔΟΥ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γραμματέως Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Κανδίδου Νεαπολειτῶν ἐπὶ γραμ(ματέως) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Κανδίδου Νεαπολειτῶν
Translation under grammateus Marcus Aurelius Candidus, of the Neapolitans
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, star right of her headdress, next to Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 18.09 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Delrieux NP 14
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 401/1–2 (Ephesus), 405/1–2 (Ephesus), 406.1/1 (Ephesus), 406.2/2 (Ephesus), 407/1–2 (Ephesus), 445/1–2 (Metropolis), 446/1 (Metropolis).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 452
2 2     ✸ CNG 53, 2000, lot 1102
3 3     B: I-B KM p. 148, no. 4
4 4     V: GR 34785
5 5     B: Löbb.