Kingdom of Lydia
1200 BC to 1390 AD
Lydia is a historic region of western Asia Minor. Its traditional capital was the city of Sardis (Turkish: Sard). However, at its greatest extent, the Kingdom of Lydia covered all of western Anatolia. Alexander the Great conquered the region in 330 BC. Lydia was later the name for a Roman province. It is considered that the first stamped coins were made by a Lydian king around 600 BC. The first coin was made of electrum, a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver. It was made in the 1/3 stater (trite) denomination, meaning that it weighed 4.76 grams. It was stamped with a lion's head, the king's symbol. 14.1 grams of electrum was one stater (meaning "standard"). A stater was about one month's pay for a soldier.
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