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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PMONNEY, post: 2951592, member: 82829&quot;]<b>S A T R A P S</b></p><p>The Kings of Persia, during the Achaemenid period, appointed governors (satraps) to administer in their name,...and benefit, conquered provinces and collect local taxes. Otherwise the preceding institutions remained in place.&nbsp; This system, set up by Darius I (522-486) comprised 20 provinces of the first- Persian Empire and Median province, it&nbsp; continued until the said provinces were, in turn, conquered by Alexander the Great.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are four coins struck for satraps, the coins of Cilicia and Lydia:</p><p><br /></p><p>- <b>MYSIA, Astyra,<i>. </i>Tissaphernes,</b> satrap of&nbsp; Lydia and Caria. Head of Athena wearing Attic helmet&nbsp; r. Rev.:Tissaphernes holding spear, riding hors r. Mint: Astyra. 413-395 BC. AE (1,01gr. /10mm.) RR.Ref.:Axel Winzer 29.6.3, Sig. Kl 255.</p><p><br /></p><p>-<b> LYDIA, , Gamerses satrap, eunuch. </b>Youthful head r., wearing short hair with long braid, earring and necklace. Rev.: Bearded Zeus, wearing himation, standing r., holding eagle on his outstretched l. hand, long scepter with his r. hand; in field l., star&nbsp; “<b>ΓAMEPΣOY“, <b><i>“</i></b><i>The coin was probably minted in a fortress situated in the Tmolos-Mountains, not far away from the old Lydian capital Sardeis.”</i>Circa 400 BC. AE (1,29gr./11mm.). RARE. Ref.:</b> M.K. und J. Nollé, Gamerses. <i>Überlegungen zur Identität eines lokalen Münzherrn im Achämenidenreich, </i>in: FS P.R. Franke, 1996, 197ff. mit Taf. 8, 1a-b. SM 168, pp. 113-6; BMC Troas -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock, Laffaille,. Schultz, SM 168, pg. 113-116;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- IONIA,. Spithridates<i>. </i></b>Satrap of Lydia and Ionia, circa 334 BC. JE 11mm (1.08 gr., 11h). Head of satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Forepart of horse right; monogram to upper left. Babelon, <i>Perses </i>380; SNG Copenhagen 1538; SNG von Aulock 1823; Klein 367. Good VF, dark green patina.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>-CILICIA, Uncertain. </b>4th century BC. AR Obol (11mm, /0.57 gr, 3h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche (orTyche-Aphrodite) left / Head of satrap left; star before. Göktürk 52; Winzer 18.3 (Mazaios); SNG von Aulock 8657; Traité II 1182 (Evagoras II); BMC Cyprus p. cx, 15 (Evagoras II).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]721179[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]721180[/ATTACH](Lydia)[ATTACH=full]721180[/ATTACH]</p><p>Please, also show your Satraps.[ATTACH=full]721175[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]721187[/ATTACH](Lydia)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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