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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cyrrhus, post: 2476695, member: 73882&quot;]Hello,</p><p><br /></p><p>Just bought this nice rare coin..</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/165/F/5/Fwc6P4Hms82SQqj5i7RnMrb3z8JKiB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Phrygia, Eumeneia. Domitia, 81-96 AD. AE 15mm (2.25 gm). Obv.: ΔOMITIA CЄBACTH, bust right. Rev.: KΛ TЄPЄNT VΛΛA APXIЄ... / ЄVMЄNЄΩN, Kybele enthroned to left. RPC II 1388.Rare. VF.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><b>EUMENEIA</b></font></p><p><b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=EUMENEIA&amp;la=la&amp;can=eumeneia0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=EUMENEIA&amp;la=la&amp;can=eumeneia0" rel="nofollow">EUMENEIA</a></b> (<b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*eu%29me%2Fneia&amp;la=greek&amp;can=*eu%29me%2Fneia0&amp;prior=EUMENEIA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*eu%29me%2Fneia&amp;la=greek&amp;can=*eu%29me%2Fneia0&amp;prior=EUMENEIA" rel="nofollow">Εὐμένεια</a></b>: Eth. <b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*eu%29meneu%2Fs&amp;la=greek&amp;can=*eu%29meneu%2Fs0&amp;prior=*eu)me/neia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*eu%29meneu%2Fs&amp;la=greek&amp;can=*eu%29meneu%2Fs0&amp;prior=*eu)me/neia" rel="nofollow">Εὐμενεύς</a></b>: <b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=Ish%C3%A9kle&amp;la=la&amp;can=ish%C3%A9kle0&amp;prior=*eu)meneu/s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=Ish%C3%A9kle&amp;la=la&amp;can=ish%C3%A9kle0&amp;prior=*eu)meneu/s" rel="nofollow">Ishékle</a></b>), a town of Phrygia, situated on the river Glaucus, on the road from Dorylaeum to Apameia. (<b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.%20Nat.%205.29&amp;lang=original" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.%20Nat.%205.29&amp;lang=original" rel="nofollow">Plin. Nat. 5.29</a></b>; Strab. 12.576; Hierocl. p. 667.) It is said to have received its name from Attalus II., who named the town after his brother and predecessor, Eumenes II. (<i>Steph. B. sub voce</i> Ruins and curious sculptures still mark the place as the site of an ancient town. (Hamilton, <u>Researches,</u> &amp;c. vol. ii. p. 165.) On some coins found there we read <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*eu%29mene%2Fwn&amp;la=greek&amp;can=*eu%29mene%2Fwn0&amp;prior=Ish%C3%A9kle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*eu%29mene%2Fwn&amp;la=greek&amp;can=*eu%29mene%2Fwn0&amp;prior=Ish%C3%A9kle" rel="nofollow">Εὐμενέων</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29axai%2Fwn&amp;la=greek&amp;can=*%29axai%2Fwn0&amp;prior=*eu)mene/wn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29axai%2Fwn&amp;la=greek&amp;can=*%29axai%2Fwn0&amp;prior=*eu)mene/wn" rel="nofollow">Ἀχαίων</a>, which seems to allude to the destruction of Corinth, at which troops of Attalus were present. The district of the town bore the name <u>Eumenetica Regio,</u> mentioned by Pliny (<i>l.c.</i>).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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