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Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Akmonia, Phrygia
Akmonia (Acmonea) was an important city of central Phrygia, located on a tributary of the river Senaros. Akmon was the founder of Akmonia, the first king of the region, and the father of Mygdon. His son Mygdon led a force of Phrygians against the Amazons, alongside Otreus (another Phrygian leader) and King Priam of Troy, one generation before the Trojan War. Priam mentions this to Helen of Troy in Book 3 of The Iliad.RP97914. Bronze AE 16, RPC III 2607.3 (3 spec., only spec. 3 from same dies with AYTKPA obv. legend); BMC Phrygia -; SNG Cop -, VF, well centered, as found patina and earthen deposits, small spots of corrosion, Akmonia (Ahat Koyu, Turkey) mint, weight 2.411g, maximum diameter 16.3mm, die axis 0o, Menemachos (grammateus), 98 - Aug 117 A.D.; obverse AYTOKPA TPAIANO, laureate head right; reverse EΠI MENEMAXOY AKMON,EΩN (last three letters upward in left field, struck under Menemachus), facing cult statue of Artemis, with arm supports; Coin Archives records only one specimen of the type (but with AYTOK - TRAINOC obverse legend) sold at auction (same coin sold twice) in the last two decades; extremely rare; SOLD
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