Would like to share this coin that I just got from
FORUM. Was happy to have it arrive today; it adds to my
Imperator era
gallery.
Kings of
Galatia, Amyntas, 37 - 25 B.C. Bronze AE 23,
RPC I 3505;
SNG Cop 99;
SNGvA 6108;
SNG BnF 2377;
BMC Galatia p. 3, 12,
weight 8.214g, maximum
diameter 22.5mm,
die axis 0o,
obverse bust of
Herakles right, club over left shoulder, E - C behind;
reverse Nemean lion walking right, B above, AMYNTOY
monogram in
exergue.
Amyntas was a
King of
Galatia and of several adjacent countries between 36 and 25 BC. He first seemed to have controlled
Lycaonia and then added Derbe. He commanded the Galatian auxiliaries sent to
help Brutus and Cassius against the Triumvires but deserted to Mark Anthony just before the battle of
Philippi in 42 BC. After the death of Deiotarus, Amyntas was made
king of
Cappadocia in 37 as a client ruler of
Mark Antony. He deserted to
Octavian shortly before the battle of
Actium, and he was confirmed as
king of
Galatia. After he took over Homonada and killed its ruler, he was killed in an ambush in 25 AD. After
his death,
Galatia became a
Roman province.
My
Gallery:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=40464
