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Coinage of King Croesus (Kroisos)

1 catalogued issue of King Croesus (Kroisos) — metal, weight, mint, obverse and reverse descriptions with references.

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Pre-Achaemenid & Median · c. 1000 – 550 BCE

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Lydian Gold Stater of Croesus

King Croesus (Kroisos)

c. 561–546 BCE

Croesus, last king of Lydia, replaced the older electrum coinage with the world's first true bimetallic system in pure gold and pure silver — a model the Achaemenid daric/siglos would inherit a generation later.

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