RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 71740)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 71740)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Zela
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 142
Dating AD 205/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥ [ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ]Η ΑΝΤωΝΙ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription [ΖΗΛΙ]ΤωΝ ΤΟ[ ]Ο ΠΟΝ[ΤΟΥ] ΝΙΚωϹΙΝ ΟΙ ΚΥΡΙΟΙ ΕΥΤΥΧΕΙ Ο ΚΟϹΜΟϹ [ΡΜ]Β
Edition Ζηλιτῶν το---Ο Πόντου νικῶσιν οἱ κύριοι εὐτυχεῖ ὁ κόσμος ρμβʹ Ζηλιτῶν το[---]Ο Πόντου νικῶσιν οἱ κύριοι εὐτυχεῖ ὁ κόσμος ρμβʹ
Translation of the Zelites [---]of Pontus, victorious are the lords, prosperous is the world, 142
Reverse design inscription in six lines within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.13 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Burnett, Zela, pp. 72–4
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note 'Our Lords conquer! The world prospers!'

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1981,0915.1 Burnett, Zela, pp. 74-6 and p. 82, fig. 1
    Leu WA 30, 13–16 July 2024, lot 1308
    W. Holt coll.