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Croeseid

c. BC 550　・　gold　・　6th century BC　・　Lydia, Sardis

Croeseid（obverse）Croeseid（reverse）
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King Croesus gave up electrum and struck pure gold and pure silver as separate coins. The world's first gold-and-silver bimetallism. The phrase 'rich as Croesus' remains from it. The image is a lion and a bull facing one another.

Diameter 16mm