Galatia was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia. It was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace, who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC.
The capital of Galatia was Ancyra - today Ankara, the capital of modern Turkey.
The Galatians were defeated by Rome in 189 BC and became a client state of Rome in 64 BC.
The capital of Galatia was Ancyra - today Ankara, the capital of modern Turkey.
The Galatians were defeated by Rome in 189 BC and became a client state of Rome in 64 BC.
Obverse: Head of Heracles right, club over shoulder
Reverse: Lion walking right, B above (for Basileus), XOA below
Diameter:
22 mm
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 8.8 g
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 8.8 g
No notes for this coin
Sear 5694
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Claudius
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Annius Afrinus
Obverse: laureate head right; KAICAP
Reverse: legend within wreath; EΠΙ / ΑΦΡΙΝ / ΟΥ
Diameter:
19.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.4 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.4 g
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3559
RPC I, 3559; Devreker 191, no. 10
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Deiotaros
Obverse: laureate head of Zeus right
Reverse: eagle half-left, head right, standing on thunderbolt; (ΔHITAP)
Diameter:
17 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6.8 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6.8 g
No notes for this coin
RBN 1934, pp. 5-10, 2; RPC I p. 536, 2; SNG von Aulock 6100; cf. HGC 7, 444 corr. (image only)
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Eastern Celts
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Alexander III
Obverse: head of young Herakles right, wearing lion's skin
Reverse: Zeus seated left, leaning on scepter, holding eagle (goose)?; crescent left, AΛEΞANΔPOY (ΔIP) ?
Diameter:
21 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 7.7 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 7.7 g
imitation of Carrhae?
Price B 40 (Var.) - Imitation Price 3816/3820?
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Eastern Celts
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Demetrius I
Obverse: diademed head right
Reverse: cornucopiae IMBA?
Diameter:
15 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 1.2 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 1.2 g
probably imitation of Demetrius I drachm
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Lucius Verus
Obverse: laureate head right; AVTO__Λ OVHPOC
Reverse: star in crescent; ANKVΡANΩN
Diameter:
17.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.1 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.1 g
No notes for this coin
Arslan "Galatya.." B33 corr. (obv legend) = Berlin 1883-422. http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2242/