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silver coins, and the
first who sold
goods by retail. — Herodotus, I.94
Croeseids Croesus replaced all the
electrum coins by gold and
silver coins using...
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Croeseids Bimetallism, also
known as the
bimetallic standard, is a
monetary standard in
which the
value of the
monetary unit is
defined as equivalent...
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production of the
Croeseids,
since they
adopted similar weights and were of the same fabric. He
insists that the
finds of the
Croeseids and the "Archer"...
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eight gold
lightweight Croeseids, a
tetradrachm of Abdera, a
stater of
Aegina and
three double-sigloi from Cyprus. The
Croeseids were
found in very fresh...
- gold
Croeseids,
issued in Lydia, were the
first true gold
coins with a
standardized purity for
general circulation. The gold and
silver Croeseids formed...
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circulating metal.
These difficulties were
eliminated circa 570 BC when the
Croeseids,
coins of pure gold and silver, were introduced. However,
electrum currency...
- that was
further debased by the
Lydians with
added silver and copper.
Croeseids The
largest of
these coins are
commonly referred to as a 1/3
stater (trite)...
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lightweight Croeseids (Sardis mint), a
tetradrachm of Abdera, a
stater of Aegina.
Southeastern deposit: Four gold
lightweight Croeseids (Sardis mint)...
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dating to the time of the
Croeseid, the world's
first gold coin,
originally minted by King
Croesus of Lydia. The
Croeseid was
later continued to be minted...
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Croeseid coin of
Croesus (c. 550 BCE),
depicting the Lion and Bull —
partly symbolizing alliance between Lydia and Greece, respectively...
