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Lydian Kings
Electrum Trite (Third Stater). (4.72 g), ca. 620/10-550/39 BC
Alyattes to Kroisos, Kings of Lydia
Weidauer 86–9; Traité I 44; SNG Ashmolean 749–51; SNG Kayhan 1013; SNG von Au-
lock 2868–9; Rosen 655-6. Nearly Mint State.
Sardes. Head of a roaring lion right, rising sun with multiple rays on forehead. Reverse: Two incuse
punches.
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Lydian Kings
Electrum Hekte (Sixth Stater). (2.36 g), ca. 620/10-564/3 BC
Alyattes, King of Lydia, ca. 620/10-564/3 BC
Weidauer 103; SNG Ashmolean 755; SNG Kayhan 1012. Extremely Fine.
Sardes. Head of a roaring lion right; Lydian inscription WALWET before. Reverse: Two incuse sqaure
punches.
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Lydian Kings
Gold Stater. (10.72 g), ca. 564/3-550/39 BC
Kroisos, King of Lydia, ca. 564/3-550/39 BC
Berk 1; Konuk & Lorber fig. 25 = CH VIII, pl. I, Hoard 7, no. 40. Nearly Mint State.
Heavy standard. Sardes mint. Prototype issue. Confronted foreparts of lion, with rising sun on forehead,
and bull. Reverse: Two incuse squares.
The world’s first gold coin. The finest of only eleven examples known. Ex Money Museum, Zurich.
THE WORLD’S FIRST GOLD COIN