Watch List notes:

KINGS OF GALATIA. Amyntas, 39-25 BC. AE (Bronze, 24 mm, 9.38 g, 12 h). Head of Herakles to right, with club over his left shoulder; below club, monogram. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ Lion walking right. BMC 8. RPC I 3502. SNG Copenhagen 97. Well centered and with an attractive glossy patina. A few scratches on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, acquired before 2021.

Amyntas was a former secretary of the Galatian king Deiotaros who made his career as a client king of Mark Antony before defecting to Octavian prior to the Battle of Actium.