RPC VII.1, 656

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 656
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑΜ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΝΔΙΔΟΥ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing right, right hand raised, holding lyre on tripod around which is coiled a serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Delrieux NP 16
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 409/1–6 (Ephesus), 410.1/1–7 (Ephesus), 410.3/17–19 (Ephesus), 412.1/1–9 (Ephesus), 412.2/10–12, 14, 30–1 (Ephesus), 413/1–3 (Ephesus), 414.1/1 (Ephesus), 414.2/2 (Ephesus), 415.1/1–4 (Ephesus), 415.2/5–13 (Ephesus), 415.3/14–17 (Ephesus), 416.1/1–8 (Ephesus), 447.2/5–6 (Metropolis), 448/1–6 (Metropolis), 454.4/6–7, 9–10 (Metropolis), 657/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: N/82.970 SNG Righetti 970
2 2     B: Löbb. ZfN 10 (1883), p. 78, no. 29
3 3     ✸ V: GR 34284
4 4     NY: 1970.142.497
5 5     Gotha quoted by Kraft pl. 19, 82c