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Silver croeseid stater, after treatment. Lion and bull, obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Silver croeseid stater, after treatment. Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Group photo of electrum third-stater and silver stater from Acropolis. Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Silver Croeseid Stater
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 29
- Date
- Probably second quarter of 6th c BC, Lydian
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 24299
- Museum Inventory No.
- 24299
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 2009.0008
- Material
- Silver
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Stater
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- Has Control Mark
- Has Monogram
- Has Countermark
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 3
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- AC
- Trench
- Ac-FT 09.1
- Locus
- Ac-FT 08.1 Locus 7
- Description
- Silver croeseid stater. Obverse: confronted foreparts of lion and bull. Reverse: two incuse punches. Good condition, some wear. Weight 10.25 g, diameter 15 x 21 mm.
- Comments
- Found in the same context on the Acropolis as the two electrum coins Nos. 17-18.
- See Also
- Kroll, “Coins of Sardis”; Cahill, “City of Sardis”. See also: M13 Cat. 3.0001
- Bibliography
- Cahill et al. 2020
- Author
- NDC