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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2474416, member: 19463&quot;]Amyntas was the last king of Galatia (in central Asia Minor) before it became a part of Rome.&nbsp; As a Roman client, he was quite skillful moving his support from one Roman to another.&nbsp; After seeing that Brutus was not a long term proposition, Amyntas backed Antony until just before Actium when he became a supporter of Octavian/Augustus.&nbsp; His luck ran out in 25 BC when he murdered a rival neighbor prince and was in turn killed by the widow&#039;s agents.&nbsp; I strongly suspect that Augustus was relieved when the problem of what to do with the guy took care of itself.&nbsp; Scrappy old Amyntas was the definition of more trouble than he was worth.&nbsp; Galatia was annexed into the empire as a province.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is AE24 with head of Herakles and a lion.&nbsp; Under the lion is a nice monogram of AMYNTOY (of Amyntas).&nbsp; I am having second thoughts about buying the coin because the D above the lion is actually the bottom half of a large B abbreviating Basilews or king.&nbsp; Most people would prefer one of Amyntas&#039; large tetradrachms but this type appealed to be with the lion and fancy monogram.&nbsp; These coins are not rare but there are not many shown online, I suspect, due to the low average condition of those available.&nbsp; You can find one nicer than mine but getting a mint state one may take a while.&nbsp; Post &#039;em if you got &#039;em. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]521180[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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