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Gold Croeseid Twelfth-Stater

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Gold croeseid twelfth-stater. Obverse: confronted foreparts of lion and bull. Reverse: single incuse punch. Weight 0.88 g, diameter 7.2 mm.

Date

Second quarter of 6th c BC, Lydian

Museum

Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 19267

See also

https://sardisexpedition.org/en/artifacts/latw-27

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