c. 130 BCE
Æ 21mm, 6.21g, 12h
Bust of Pylaimenes as Herakles r., club over shoulder, lion’s skin around neck.
R/ Nike standing l., holding wreath in right hand, palm in l.
RG 1; SNG BM Black Sea 1550; SNG Copenhagen 321; SNG von Aulock 148
Pylaimenes was a king in the Galatian dynasty of Paphlagonia. After the death of Pylaimenes II, the kingdom was bequeathed to Pontos under Mithridates VI. He is believed to be the only king to mint coinage.