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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shanxi, post: 3978615, member: 101607&quot;]My oldest coin depicting the person and with written name is of Gamerses, Satrap of Lydia about 400 BC. His name ΓAMEPΣOY on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a discussion if this coin realy shows Gamerses, or Aphrodite. In the references given below, it is shown that it is most likely Gamerses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gamerses probably belonged to the group of eunuchs, who fulfilled a function within the satrapies as a fortress commander or administrator of a smaller provincial unit. As a eunuch, he is characterized by being beardless, by the pigtail on the back of his head (not visible on this example but on several others) and his jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>S. Schultz, Aphroditekopf oder Dynastiebildnis?, Schweizer Münzblätter 168, 1992, 113-116.</li> <li>B. Weisser, Herrscherbild und Münzporträt in Kleinasien, in: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer (Hrsg.), Das persische Weltreich (2006) 78 Nr. 24 (4. Jh. v. Chr.).</li> <li>J. und M. K. Nollé, Gamerses. Überlegungen zur Identität eines lokalen Münzherrn im Achämenidenreich, in: W. Leschhorn u.a., Hellas und der griechische Osten. Studien zur Geschichte und Numismatik der griechischen Welt. Festschrift für Peter Robert Franke zum 70. Geburtstag (1996) 197-209 (frühes 4. Jh. v. Chr.).</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047245[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lydia</p><p>Gamerses, Satrap of Lydia</p><p>about 400 B.C.</p><p>Obv.: Youthful head of eunuch Gamerses, wearing earring and necklace.</p><p>Rev. ΓΑΜΕΡΣΟΥ Bearded Zeus, wearing himation, standing right, holding eagle on his outstretched left hand, long scepter with his right hand; in field left, star.</p><p>Æ, 1.66g, 12.5mm</p><p>Ref.. S. Schultz, Aphroditekopf oder Dynastiebildnis, SM 42 (1992), 113[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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