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⅙ Stater - Kroisos Light Type
| Issuer | Kings of Lydia |
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| Year | 560 BC - 546 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Berk#8, GCV#3417 |
| Obverse description | Confronted foreparts of a lion and a bull facing one another in the field: the lion forepart to the right occupies the left portion of the flan, rendered with pronounced globular mane, open jaws, and a boldly modelled eye, while the bull forepart to the left displays a striated body and curling horn. The two heraldic figures meet at center, their chests nearly touching, in a composition characteristic of the official royal Kroisos coinage of Sardis. No legend or inscription is present; the design fills the entire irregular flan in the archaic Lydian artistic tradition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (560 BC - 546 BC) |
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