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Pontos. Zela. Julia Domna. Augusta AD 193-217. Dated year PMΓ (143=AD 206/7).
Bronze Æ
29 mm, 14,17 g
[IOY]ΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOYC, draped bust right / ZHΛI-Tω-N T[...] around, ЄT PMΓ below, tetrastyle temple with star in arched pediment and barrier across entrance.
Dark green patina with lime green and orichalcum highlights. Very fine.
Cf. Waddington, Recueil Général 5.
Ex Dr. F. Jarman Collection.
Zela was believed to have been erected on a mound constructed by Semiramis. It seems to have originally been a place consecrated to the worship of the goddess Anaitis, to whom a temple was built there by the Persians in commemoration of a victory over the Sacae. The chief priest of this temple was regarded as the sovereign of Zela and its territory.
Bronze Æ
29 mm, 14,17 g
[IOY]ΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOYC, draped bust right / ZHΛI-Tω-N T[...] around, ЄT PMΓ below, tetrastyle temple with star in arched pediment and barrier across entrance.
Dark green patina with lime green and orichalcum highlights. Very fine.
Cf. Waddington, Recueil Général 5.
Ex Dr. F. Jarman Collection.
Zela was believed to have been erected on a mound constructed by Semiramis. It seems to have originally been a place consecrated to the worship of the goddess Anaitis, to whom a temple was built there by the Persians in commemoration of a victory over the Sacae. The chief priest of this temple was regarded as the sovereign of Zela and its territory.