PHRYGIA. Eumeneia. Salonina, Augusta, 254-268. Hexassarion (Bronze, 34 mm, 9.42 g, 6 h). KOPNHΛIA•CAΛΩNЄINA Diademed and draped bust of Salonina to right. Rev. ЄYMЄNAIΩN•AXAIΩN Tyche standing front, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; in upper left field, ς (mark of value). BMC -. Falghera 2654. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG München -. SNG von Aulock -. Very rare. Repatinated, otherwise, good very fine.
Eumeneia was founded by Attalos II (159-138 BC) in honor of his brother and predecessor Eumenes II (197-158 BC). Unlike many of the other Attalid foundations, the city claimed Achaean rather than Macedonian heritage in Roman times, indicating that its original settlers were not Macedonian veterans but Achaean colonists