★ The sole numismatic evidence of Zeus Epikarpios ★

PONTUS. Zela. Trajan, 98-117. Diassarion (Bronze, 24 mm, 10.30 g, 5 h), CY 50 = 113/4. ΑΥΤ Ν ΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΖΕΥϹ ΕΠΙΚΑΡΠΙΟϹ ΖΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ - Ν Zeus Epikarpios seated left, holding grain ears and poppies in her right hand and scepter in his left. Dalaison 3. RPC III 2935.4 ( this coin, but uncleaned). Very rare. Very fine.

This is the only numismatic evidence of Zeus Epikarpios, but his worship is attested in several regions of Asia Minor by a small number of dedicatory inscriptions (see H. Şahin: Eine neue Weihinschrift für Zeus Epikarpios aus dem mittleren rauhen Kilikien, in: Epigraphica Anatolica 40 (2007), pp. 35-40).