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Electrum third-stater. Obverse. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul) -
Electrum third-stater. Reverse. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Electrum Third-Stater
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 26
- Date
- Ca. 630-560 BC, Lydian
- Museum
- Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, 1660/3
- Museum Inventory No.
- 1660/3
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IAM 1660/3
- Material
- Electrum
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Third stater
- Coin Mint
- Sardis
- Issuers
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- Has Control Mark
- Has Monogram
- Has Countermark
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- Site
- Kelainai
- Description
- Electrum coin, of one-third stater weight. Obverse: roaring lion head facing right. Reverse: two incuse punches. Diameter 11-13 mm, weight: 4.75 g.
- Comments
- From Afyon/Dinar, the ancient Kelainai (later Apamea Kibotos). See No. 25.
- See Also
- Kroll, “Coins of Sardis”.
- Bibliography
- unpublished
- Author
- NDC