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Æ - Amyntas
| Issuer | Kings of Galatia |
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| Year | 36 BC - 25 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A lion striding vigorously to the right, depicted in a naturalistic Hellenistic style with musculature well rendered and the head turned slightly forward. The Greek royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ is inscribed above the lion in the upper field, while ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ appears in the lower field or exergue, identifying the issuing king Amyntas of Galatia. The entire design is enclosed within a dotted border. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Amyntas was installed as king of Galatia by Mark Antony around 36 BC, then shrewdly switched allegiance to Octavian before Actium — a calculation that paid off. Augustus confirmed his rule and expanded his territory substantially, making him one of the more powerful client kings in Asia Minor during the early Principate. His reign ended abruptly in 25 BC when he was killed during a campaign against the Homonadenses in Rough Cilicia, an ambush reportedly orchestrated by the widow of a chieftain he had executed. Augustus used the vacancy to convert the territory directly into the province of Galatia.