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  2. Croeseid - Wikipedia

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    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, [1] and the world's first bimetallic monetary system. [1]

  3. Croesus - Wikipedia

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    Gold coin of Croesus, Lydian, around 550 BC, found in what is now modern Turkey. Croesus is credited with issuing the first true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation, the Croeseid (following on from his father Alyattes who invented minting with electrum coins).

  4. Lydia - Wikipedia

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    Croesus is credited with issuing the Croeseid, the first true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation, [50] and the world's first bimetallic monetary system circa 550 BC. [50] It took some time before ancient coins were used for commerce and trade.

  5. Alyattes - Wikipedia

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    Alyattes was the first monarch who issued coins, made from electrum (and his successor Croesus was the first to issue gold coins). Alyattes is therefore sometimes mentioned as the originator of coinage, or of currency .

  6. Achaemenid coinage - Wikipedia

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    Coin type of Croesus, the Croeseid, minted in Lydia, under the rule of Cyrus the Great to Darius I. Circa 545–520. It only weighs 8.06 g, compared to the standard 10.7 grams of the Croeseid. [6] Lycia coin, with obverse bull protome and reverse incuse punch mark using a geometrical motif, circa 520-470 BC

  7. Classical Anatolia - Wikipedia

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    Alyattes issued minted electrum coins, and his successor Croesus, ruling c. 560–546 BC, became known for being the first to issue gold coins. The southeast of Anatolia was ruled by the Assyrian Empire. Tabal was a Luwian speaking Neo-Hittite kingdom of South Central Anatolia which fell under Assyrian rule in 713 BC.

  8. Is a Gold Medal Really Gold? And What Is It Worth?

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    Gold is trading at $59.75 per gram, so the 6-ounce gilding on the first-place medal is worth $358.50. Added to the $418 worth of silver underneath, an Olympic gold medal is worth $776.50. Worth ...

  9. Daric - Wikipedia

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    The daric was a gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos, represented the bimetallic monetary standard of the Achaemenid Empire. [ 1 ] Cyrus the Great (550–530 BC) introduced coins to the Persian Empire after 546 BC, following his conquest of Lydia and the defeat of its king Croesus , who had put in place the first ...