Ancient Coinage of Pontus, Zela

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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
RecGen 1Zela, Pontos, AE23, civic issue, 85-65 BC. 6.75 g. Head of Mithras right, wearing Phrygian cap. / ZHΛITΩN, rooster standing right, large crescent on neck. / AΡE monogram in right field. RecGen 1; Prowe (1913), 9.TextImage
TRAJAN
RecGen 2Trajan, AE38 medallion of Zela, Pontos. 24.15 gr. AD 102-117. TΡAIANOC KAICAΡ CEB ΓEΡM ΔAKICOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΘEA ANAE ITIC ZHΛEITΩN ETOYC N, Artemis Anaitis, crescent on head, seated left, holding corn-ears. RecGen 2 (as AE23); Dalaison 1a.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Dalaison 6Septimius Severus, AE27 of Zela, Pontos. Dated local year 142, AD 205-206. 13.81 gr. AY KAI Λ CEΠTI CEOYHΡOC AYΓ, laureate head right / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONT, ET RMB Zeus seated left, holding two grain ears and sceptre. Lindgren I 56; Dalaison 6; RecGen -.TextImage
Dalaison 9Septimius Severus AE29 of Zela, Pontus. 205-206 AD. AY KAI Λ CEΠTI CEOYHΡOC (or similar), laureate head right (obverse double struck)/ (Z)HΛITΩN TOY ΠΩN, date ET PMB below, tetrastyle temple of Anaitis with arched pediment and elaborate capitals on columns, high, lit altar within. Dalaison 9. RecGen -.TextImage
Demos 12, 1104Septimius Severus, AE31 of Zela, Pontos. Dated local year 142, AD 205-206. 13.6 g. AY KAI CEΠTI CEOYHΡOC, laureate head right. / ZHΛITωN TOY ΠONT around, ET ΡMB below, quadriga of horses facing, all the horses standing on their back legs, driven by emperor, holding globe and sceptre. Unpublished. Dalaison -; Arslan -; SNG France 7 -; Mionnet -; etc. Demos 12, 1104.TextImage
RecGen 4ASeptimius Severus, AE28 of Zela, Pontos. Dated local year 142. AD 205-206. AY KAI Λ CEΠTI CEOYHΡOC AYΓ, laureate head right / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONT, ET RMB, hexastyle temple, the gable divided into three sections. RecGen 4A; SNG vA 6790; SNG Righetti 594; Hunter 1.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
Dalaison 35-43Julia Domna, AE28 of Zela, Pontos. Struck AD 206-207. 20.29 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOYC, draped bust right. / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONTO around, date ET ΡMΓ below, hexastyle temple with three-part pediment. Dalaison Zela 35-43; Konus Thesis 101-102; Righetti Coll. Sale 285; Paris 474; Falghera 1296; RecGen 6 corr. (obv. legend).TextImage
Duesseldorf 11460Julia Domna, AE29 of Zela, Pontos. AD 205-206. Dated local year 142. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOYC, draped bust right / ZHΛEITΩN TOY ΠONT, ET RMB, tetrastyle temple with curved architrave, large altar within, star in pediment. RecGen -; Duesseldorf 11460.TextImage
RecGen 4B varJulia Domna, AE28 of Zela, Pontos. Struck AD 206-207. 14.77 gr. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOYCTA, draped bust right / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONT, Septimius Severus driving slow quadriga right. Date ET RMG in exergue. RecGen 4B var (different year, Sept. Severus); Cox 47 var (this year but Caracalla). Unpublished reverse for Julia Domna.TextImage
RecGen 5Julia Domna, AE28 of Zela, Pontos. AD 205-206. (Dated local year 142). 13.63 gr. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOYCTA, draped bust right / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONTO, ET RMB, hexastyle temple, the gable divided into three sections. RecGen 5.TextImage
CARACALLA
Dalaison 72Caracalla, AE of Zela, Pontus. AY KAI M AYΡH ANTωNINOC, laureate head right / ZHΛITωN TOY ΠONT around, ET PMB in exergue, tetrastyle temple with central arcade and triangular roof, garland in the centre, star in the upper central archway. Dalaison 72; not in RecGen with garland).TextImage
Mionnet 225Caracalla AE29 of Zela, Pontus. 205-206 AD. AYT K... ANTΩNEINOC (or similar), laureate head right / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONT, year mark ET PMB in ex., tetrastyle temple of Anaitis with arched pediment and elaborate capitals on columns, lit altar within. TextImage
RecGen 7Caracalla AE of Zela, Pontus. 205-206 AD. AY KAI AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONT, year mark ET PMB in ex. (year 140 of the local era), Zeus Epikarpios seated left holding bunch of leaved grain ears and sceptre. TextImage
RecGen 8Caracalla AE29 of Zela, Pontus. 205-206 AD. AY KAI AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC (or similar), laureate head right / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONT, year mark ET PMB in ex. (year 140 of the local era) hexastyle temple with Corinthian columns, the gable of which is divided into three components, dot in central pediment. TextImage
RecGen 10Caracalla. AE. Zela, Pontus. 205-206 AD. AV KAI AVΡ ANTΩNEINOC (or similar), laureate, draped bust right, seen from the back / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONT, year mark ET PMB in ex. (year 140 of the local era), tetrastyle temple with Corinthian columns and arched pediment, within, statue of Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RecGen 10.TextImage
RecGen 16Caracalla AE22 of Zela, Pontos. Dated 143 = AD 206-207. 10.46 g. AY KAI M AYΡ ANTωNINOC, laureate head right / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠO ET ΡMΓ, three grain ears bundled together. Rec. Gen. 16; Dalaison 128.TextImage
GETA
Dalaison 132Geta AE30 of Zela, Pontus. Dated year 142, AD 205-206. 14.81 g. CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / ZHΛITωN TOY ΠONT around, ET ΡMB below, Zeus seated left, holding corn-ear and sceptre, bunch of grapes in left field. Dalaison 132 (this coin); CNG 53, 1069.TextImage
RecGen 20Geta, AE28 of Zela, Pontus. Dated year 142, AD 205-206. CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC KAI (legend worn), bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠON ET ΡMB around and beneath hexastyle temple on a base, with three-sectioned pediment. RecGen (1925) 20; Dalaison 136.TextImage
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