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Alyattes — The King Who Invented Coinage

Film 2: 7th–6th century BC, Kingdom of Lydia (Sardis)

A young king who inherited a ravaged land ended a twelve-year war with a solar eclipse and struck a lion's mark on a metal pellet.

The video and narration are in Japanese. The text for each scene can be read in the language of this page.

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Alyattes, King of Lydia

Video Version

16:9 version 4 min 59 sec