RPC VII.1, 658


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/658 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VII.1
Number	658
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Alabanda
Region	Caria
City	Neapolis ad Harpasum
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition	Νεαπολειτῶν
Translation	of the Neapolitans
Reverse design	Dionysus standing left, holding patera and thyrsus; at his feet, lighted altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	4.61 g
Axis	12
Reference	Delrieux NP 17
Specimens	5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 353/4–7 (Colophon), 417.5/22–4 (Ephesus), 420/7–10 (Ephesus), 659/1–6.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	B: 48/1872		21.1	5.22	12		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.48045		19.9	4.59	12		Show
3	3	P: 863	Wa 2486	22	4.02	12	Obv.: GIC 324 (eagle standing r., head l., wings half open)	Show
4	4		Imhoof coll. = cast in Winterthur = F. Imhoof-Blumer, ‘Karische Münzen’, NZ 5 (1912), p. 205, no. 88	20				Show
5	5		C. Rhodes coll.	21		12		Show