Electrum trite
BC 610–560 ・ electrum ・ 7th century BC ・ Lydia, Sardis
On electrum — the natural, silver-bearing gold washed down the river Pactolus — Alyattes, king of Lydia, struck the mark of a lion. The state stands behind the weight and the purity: this is held to be the first piece of the invention we call money.
Diameter 13mm