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Kings of Lydia. Sardeis. Kroisos circa 560-546 BC. Half Stater or Siglos AR
16 mm, 5,29 g Confronted foreparts of a lion, on the left, and a bull, on the right. Rev. Two incuse squares of unequal size.
About very Fine. Rosen 663-665; SNG Copenhagen 456; SNG Kayhan 1024-1026; SNG von Aulock 2877-9; Berk 23; GRPC Lydia S3.
The Croeseid, anciently Kroiseioi stateres, was a type of coin, either in gold or silver, which was minted in Sardis by the king of Lydia Croesus (561–546 BC) from around 550 BC. Croesus is credited with issuing the first true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation, and the world's first bimetallic monetary system.
