Lydia, Croesus 561 - 546 BC
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AV stater 8.0506 g, 16.5w x 12.9h mm
Sardes 550-546 BC; early croeseid
1. Carradice, Ian. 1987. The 'Regal' Coinage of the Persian Empire. In Coinage and Administration in the Athenian and Persian Empires: The Ninth Oxford Symposium on Coinage and Monetary History, edited by Carradice, Ian. Page 74 and Page 94 #6. Plate X #6. Oxford: B.A.R. International series 343. 2. Head, Barclay V. 1901. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Lydia Page 6 #33. London: The Trustees of the British Museum. 3. Brett, Agnes Baldwin. 1955. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Page 263 #2073 and Plate 95 #2073. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts. 4. Mildenberg, Leo and Silvia Hurter. 1985. The Arthur S. Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. Page 146 #2431 and Plate 119 #1431. New York: American Numismatic Society.
Obverse
Forepart of a lion confronting forepart of a bull
Reverse
Rough incuse punches