★ Last king of Galatia ★

KINGS OF GALATIA: Amyntas (39-25 BCE), AE18. 4.38g, 20mm.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, club over shoulder.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ; Lion standing right.
SNG France 2355-8.
From the JB (Edmonton) collection.
A magnificent lion.

Amyntas was involved in the Roman civil wars following Caesar’s death, and ended up king of Galatia and a client of Mark Antony. However his various schemes came back to haunt him: the widow of an assassinated prince killed him in an ambush. After his death, Galatia became a Roman province.