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| In diameter | 13.7mm | | OBV | Head of lion to right, mouth open, mane bristling, and radiate globule above eye | Silver 999/1000, gold plated, weight: 3.82g
Hand engraved, minted
Lydian kingdom, king Alyattes (ca. 610-561 BC)
Electrum third-stater or trite (original weight ca. 4.7 grams)
The first coins were made of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver that occurs naturally but that was further debased by the Lydians with added silver and copper
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