Æ22 - Amyntas ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ

Amyntas of Galatia was a client king installed by Mark Antony following the defeat of the previous ruler, Castor of Galatia, and his kingdom was one of the most territorially expansive of Rome's Anatolian buffer states — at its peak encompassing Lycaonia, Pamphylia, and parts of Pisidia. His bronze coinage was struck during a period when his political allegiance was actively shifting: initially loyal to Antony, he defected to Octavian before Actium in 31 BC. He died in 25 BC during a campaign against the Homonadenses, after which Augustus absorbed his kingdom directly into the Roman provincial system.