World's First Coin
Monday, January 8, 2007
This is the Lydian electrum trite (4.71g, 13x10x4 mm). This coin type, made of a gold and silver alloy, was possibly the world's first coin, minted by King Alyattes in Sardis, Lydia, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), c. 610-600 BC.
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