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Æ36 - Gordian III ΑΡΠΑϹΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
| Issuer | Harpasa (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Radiate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, depicted in three-quarter frontal view, with paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The imperial effigy is rendered in the provincial style typical of Carian civic coinage, with boldly modelled facial features. The encircling Greek legend names the emperor with his full titulature, disposed around the bust in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (238-244) |
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The homonoia ("concord") coinage shared between Harpasa and Neapolis represents a formal diplomatic agreement between two Carian communities, almost certainly brokered to resolve a territorial or commercial dispute. These joint civic issues were not merely ceremonial — they functioned as public declarations of resolved conflict, circulated locally as proof of the settlement. Gordian III's reign provided a stable imperial backdrop under which numerous such provincial agreements were formalized, but pairings involving the small inland town of Harpasa are exceedingly rare in the surviving record.
VII.1#648.1 lists only a single specimen.