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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7508731, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1297445[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Paphlagonia.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Paphlagonia.jpg" rel="nofollow">Heinrich Kiepert, Paphlagonia</a>, Public Domain, via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Wikimedia Commons</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>A search of CT for "Pylaemenes" found nothing, so I tried a few more spellings "Pylaemanes", "Pylaimenes". This King of Paphlagonia appears to have not made an appearance yet on CT. Paphlagonia was in northern Anatolia and was bordered by Bythnia to the west, Pontus to the east, and Galatia to the south. </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">"In the Homeric catalogue we find Pylæmenes leading the Paphlagonians as allies of the Trojans; from this Pylæmenes the later princes of Paphlagonia claimed their descent, and the country was sometimes from them called Pylæmenia."</font></p><p><font size="4">-Pliny, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+6.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+6.2" rel="nofollow">Natural History, 6.2.2</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>King Pylaemenes of the Trojan war dies at the hands of Menelaus in the <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D5%3Acard%3D576" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D5%3Acard%3D576" rel="nofollow">Iliad 5.576</a>. He is also famous for coming back to life in the <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D13%3Acard%3D640" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D13%3Acard%3D640" rel="nofollow">Iliad 13.643-55</a>9 after his son is killed:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">"Him (son of Pylaemenes) the great-hearted Paphlagonians tended, and setting him in a chariot they bare him to sacred Ilios, sorrowing the while, and with them went his father, shedding tears; but there was no blood-price gotten for his dead son."</font></p><p><br /></p><p>About a thousand years later, Mithridates VI Eupator made a deal with Nicomedes III of Bythnia to invade and split up Paphlagonia in 108/107 BC. There was a pretense as well that Pylaemenes had bequeathed his Kingdom to Mithridates V. Between 107 and 101 BC, Nicomedes then invaded Cappadocia only to be subsequently conquered by Mithridates VI, expanding his position as the dominant force in Asia minor and rival to Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more on Mithridates use of his family members (and disposal of his family members) to control Cappadocia, see my note on "<a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-father-s-support" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-father-s-support" rel="nofollow">A Father's Support</a>". A few years later when Tigranes, king of Armenia, with support from Mithridates VI, chased the Roman installed king Ariobarzanes out of Cappadocia, Sulla was sent to restore him to power circa 94 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of this had not yet transpired when this coin was minted, although the dates that I have for this coin do overlap a bit with the invasion of Paphlagonia which I cannot explain :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1297256[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Kings of Paphlagonia, Pylaemenes II/III Euergetes </b>(Circa 133-103 BC), AE20 4.98g</p><p><b>Obv: </b> Bust of Pylaemenes right, as Herakles, with club over shoulder and lion skin around neck</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond</p><p><b>Ref:</b> SNG BM Black Sea 1550; HGC 7, 440</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your coins of Paphlagonia, or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><font size="3"><b>Reference:</b></font></p><ul> <li><font size="3">Glew, D. (1987). <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/43573624" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/43573624" rel="nofollow">The Cappadocian expedition of Nicomedes III Eurgeter, King of Bythnia</a>. <i>Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society),</i> <i>32</i>, 23-55.</font></li> <li><font size="3">Pliny, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+6.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+6.2" rel="nofollow">Natural History</a></font></li> <li><font size="3">Smith, William Ed. (1854), <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=paphlagonia-geo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=paphlagonia-geo" rel="nofollow">Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography, Paphlagonia</a></font></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7508731, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1297445[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3][URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heinrich_Kiepert._Asia_citerior.Paphlagonia.jpg']Heinrich Kiepert, Paphlagonia[/URL], Public Domain, via [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page']Wikimedia Commons[/URL][/SIZE] A search of CT for "Pylaemenes" found nothing, so I tried a few more spellings "Pylaemanes", "Pylaimenes". This King of Paphlagonia appears to have not made an appearance yet on CT. Paphlagonia was in northern Anatolia and was bordered by Bythnia to the west, Pontus to the east, and Galatia to the south. [SIZE=4]"In the Homeric catalogue we find Pylæmenes leading the Paphlagonians as allies of the Trojans; from this Pylæmenes the later princes of Paphlagonia claimed their descent, and the country was sometimes from them called Pylæmenia." -Pliny, [URL='http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+6.2']Natural History, 6.2.2[/URL][/SIZE] King Pylaemenes of the Trojan war dies at the hands of Menelaus in the [URL='https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D5%3Acard%3D576']Iliad 5.576[/URL]. He is also famous for coming back to life in the [URL='https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D13%3Acard%3D640']Iliad 13.643-55[/URL]9 after his son is killed: [SIZE=4]"Him (son of Pylaemenes) the great-hearted Paphlagonians tended, and setting him in a chariot they bare him to sacred Ilios, sorrowing the while, and with them went his father, shedding tears; but there was no blood-price gotten for his dead son."[/SIZE] About a thousand years later, Mithridates VI Eupator made a deal with Nicomedes III of Bythnia to invade and split up Paphlagonia in 108/107 BC. There was a pretense as well that Pylaemenes had bequeathed his Kingdom to Mithridates V. Between 107 and 101 BC, Nicomedes then invaded Cappadocia only to be subsequently conquered by Mithridates VI, expanding his position as the dominant force in Asia minor and rival to Rome. For more on Mithridates use of his family members (and disposal of his family members) to control Cappadocia, see my note on "[URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-father-s-support']A Father's Support[/URL]". A few years later when Tigranes, king of Armenia, with support from Mithridates VI, chased the Roman installed king Ariobarzanes out of Cappadocia, Sulla was sent to restore him to power circa 94 BC. Most of this had not yet transpired when this coin was minted, although the dates that I have for this coin do overlap a bit with the invasion of Paphlagonia which I cannot explain : [ATTACH=full]1297256[/ATTACH] [B]Kings of Paphlagonia, Pylaemenes II/III Euergetes [/B](Circa 133-103 BC), AE20 4.98g [B]Obv: [/B] Bust of Pylaemenes right, as Herakles, with club over shoulder and lion skin around neck [B]Rev:[/B] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond [B]Ref:[/B] SNG BM Black Sea 1550; HGC 7, 440 [B]Post your coins of Paphlagonia, or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining. [/B] [SIZE=3][B]Reference:[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=3]Glew, D. (1987). [URL='http://www.jstor.org/stable/43573624']The Cappadocian expedition of Nicomedes III Eurgeter, King of Bythnia[/URL]. [I]Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society),[/I] [I]32[/I], 23-55.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]Pliny, [URL='http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+6.2']Natural History[/URL][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]Smith, William Ed. (1854), [URL='http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=paphlagonia-geo']Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography, Paphlagonia[/URL][/SIZE] [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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