KINGS OF GALATIA. Amyntas. 39-25 B.C. Æ. 8.53 gm. 23 mm. Bearded head of Herakles right, club over shoulder; E C behind / Lion with open jaws walking right; B above, Amyntas monogram in exergue. RPC I 3505. SNG France 2378. Very Fine; smooth light green patina with pale earthen highlights. Very pleasing coin.

Herakles was the son of Zeus and is the greatest of the Greek heroes in Greek mythology. Tricked into murdering his wife and children, he was instructed by Apollo to atone by performing the famous "Twelve Labors of Herakles" celebrated in literature and art. This reverse references his first labor, in which he appropriated the vicious Nemean Lion's own skin for his own impenetrable armor.