RPC VII.1, 657

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 657
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor 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
Edition ἐπὶ γραμ(ματέως) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Κανδίδου Νεαπολειτῶν
Translation under grammateus Marcus Aurelius Candidus, of the Neapolitans
Reverse design Zeus standing right, holding eagle and sceptre, facing Boule (?) standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at her feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.71 g
Axis 12
Reference Delrieux NP 15; Martin, Demos, p. 77–8, Neapolis am Harpasos 4
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: 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), 656/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Schulten Oct. 1990, lot 939
2 2     L: 1970,0807.1
3 3     ✸ B: I-B KM 148, no. 5