Archaios | Greek Phyrgia EUMENIA Athena / Nike EYME-NΕΩ-Ν | AE

Description: Archaios Numismatics __________________________________________ Description: Autonomous Greek Bronze of Eumenia in Phrygia, Asia Minor under Magistrate Dionysos (modern day Işıklı, Turkey). After 133 BC. Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena Right Reverse: Nike standing left holding palm branch over shoulder and extending arm holding wreath; ethnic EYME-NΕΩΝ down right and left; ΔIONY- (Magistrate Dionysos) to left. Mint: Eumeneia , Phrygia Size: 18 mm Weight: 7.05 g Ref: SNG Copenhagen 381; BMC 6; SNG VA --; Lindgren -- Inventory: 54.6 Condition: aVF. Rare type with Rare magistrate. As always, Please use the Pictures as your judge as grading is subjective. Notes: Eumenia (Eumeneia) was an ancient town in Phrygia on the road from Dorylaeum to Apameia that was originally founded by Pergamen king Attalus II (B.C. 159-138) as a counterpoise to the neighbouring Peltae, a Seleucid stronghold. He named it after his brother, and predecesor, Eumenes II. The territory of Eumeneia comprised the rich plain between the lower river Glaucus and its junction with the upper Maeander river, in the midst of which stood, at Attanassos, the hieron of an old Phrygian god. Coinage Its earliest coins are autonomous bronze of the second century B.C. with the inscription ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ and including the Types of Obverse: Head of Zeus / Rev: oak-wreath; Obv: Head of Athena, Rev: Nike; Obv: Head of Dionysos, Rev: Tripod between bipennis entwined by serpent and filleted laurel branch, each surmounted by star. After an interval of about half a century coins were struck, probably at Eumeneia, under the name of Fulvia, which appears to have been imposed upon it for a very brief time in honour of the wife of M. Antony (ob. B.C. 40). Obv. Portrait of Fulvia as Nike winged, rev. ΦΟΥΛΟΥΙΑΝΩΝ ΖΜΕΡ- ΤΟΡΙΓΟΣ ΦΙΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ, Athena with spear and shield, or Same inscriptoin in ivy-wreath . Quasi-autonomous and Imperial coins were issued from the time of Tiberius to that of Gallienus with Inscription ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ and later ЄΥΜЄΝЄΩΝ ΑΧΑΙΩΝ, showing that some of the influential families claimed an Achaean ancestry. Excerpts From Head, Hist. Numorum, and Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia We Thank You for stopping in and taking time to look at and bid on our listings. Good Luck Bidding or Buying !We encourage you to click the "See other items" link above in the "Seller Information" area of the listing as well to check out our other items posted. We have a variety of great classical and other ancient numismatic items available. We will be regularly continuing to post for sale and auction a wide variety of Ancient Roman, Greek, and Eastern coins as well as Medieval, Byzantine, and some Modern coins as well. We can combine shipping if buying or winning multiple items. Just contact us before you pay and let us know and we will gladly send an updated invoice with the combined shipping amount. You can also follow us to be notified when new listings are posted. With over 20 years in the numismatics hobby we continue to revel in the excitement that comes from holding each new small piece of history in our hands. We enjoy the enduring sense of history both of the prior uses and users as well as the creativity and necessity that surround the time and place at which these coins were minted and used in circulation.Our aim is to cater not just to the high end collector but also to the hobbyist and the newly initiated and those on a limited budget. Everyone starts the hobby somewhere and where we can share our knowledge to help inform or jumpstart your collecting pleasure we will aim to do so. We want you to love every purchase you make with us and we always stand by the quality and authenticity of all the coins we are selling.

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