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Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Kings, Kroisos


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Croesus or Kroesos, King of Lydia 561-546 BC.

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AR_12th_StaterLydia, Croesus, AR Twelfth Stater (0.83g). Lion & bull / incuse punch. TextObvRev
AR_6th_StaterLydia, Kroisos AR Sixth Stater (1.74 gm). Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion and a bull / Two part incuse punch. TextImage
AR_HemiStaterKingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR Half-Stater. Lion & bull / incuse punch. TextObvRev
AR_StaterCroesus AR Stater (10.35g). Lion & bull / double incuse punch. TextObvRev
BMC 31Kings of Lydia. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AV Stater. Sardes mint. Light series. Confronted foreparts of lion & bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. TextImage
BMC 36Kings of Lydia. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AV Third Stater. Sardes mint. Light series. Confronted foreparts of lion & bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. TextImage
BMC 41LYDIA: KING CROESUS. 560-546 BC. Silver Half Stater, 14mm (5.16 gm). O: Forepart of lion confronting the forepart of a bull. R: Incuse punch. TextObvRev
Babelon_8Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos (Croesus). Circa 561-546 BC. AV Sixth Stater or Hekte (1.33 gm). Light series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse punch. TextImage
Berk_12Lydian Kingdom, Croesus AV Stater. 561-546 BC. Forepart of roaring lion right confronting forepart of bull left / Oblong incuse punch. TextObvRev
Rosen_662Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Stater - Double Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion and a bull / Double incuse punch. SNGvA 2874. TextImage
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Rosen_663Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Half-Stater or Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion and a bull / Double incuse punch. SNGCop 456; SNGvA 2875ff. TextImage
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Rosen_664Lydia. c561-546 BC. AR Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion & a bull / Double incuse punch. SNG von Aulock 2877. TextImage
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Rosen_666Lydia, Kings of. Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Third Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion and a bull / Double incuse punch. Boston MFA 2071. TextImage
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Rosen_667Kingdom of Lydia, time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Sixth-Stater. Confronted foreparts of lion & bull / Two-part incuse punch. TextObvRev
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Rosen_668Lydia, Kings of. Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR 1/24 Siglos=1/12 Stater. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Single incuse punch. TextImage
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SNGCop 455Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Stater (Double Siglos). Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion and a bull / Double incuse punch. SNG von Aulock 2873. TextImage
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SNGCop 456Lydia. Time of Kroisos, circa 561-546 BC. AR Half-Stater or Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion and a bull / Double incuse punch. Rosen 663-665; SNG Cop 456; SNGvA 2875ff. TextImage
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SNGvA_2875Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AV Stater, Light Series. Circa 561-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion facing right & bull facing left, both with straight legs / Two square incuse punches of different sizes. Boston MFA 2073, Dewing 2431. TextImage
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SNGvA_2877vLydia, Croesus AR Hemistater. ca 546 BC. Lioni's head right confronting bull's head left / two incuse squares. TextImage
Traite_x6Lydia, Kings of, Kroisos AV Sixth Stater. 561-546 BC. Heavy Series. Struck at Sardes. Confronted foreparts of lion facing right & bull facing left / Incuse punch. TextImage
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Walburg_2-IV-3Lydia, Time of Kroisos, to 520 BC or later. AV Twelfth Stater. Light Series. Struck at Sardes. Confronted foreparts of lion & bull / Incuse punch. TextImage
Walburg_2Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos (Croesus). Circa 561-546 BC. AV Twelfth Stater (0.66g). Light series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse punch. TextImage
Walburg_6Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos. Circa 550-520 BC. AV Sixth Stater. Light Series. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion & a bull / Incuse punch. Traité pl. 10, 8, Weber 6772. TextImage
Walburg_VI2Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos (Croesus). c561-546 BC. AV Twelfth Stater. Light series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse punch. TextImage
Weber_6772Lydia AV Sixth Stater. Time of Kroisos, ca 550-520 BC. Light Series. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion & a bull / Incuse punch. Walburg 6, Traité 8. TextImage
See also: Search for Kroisos at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Croesus on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Croesus at AncientImports.com
Search for Croesus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Croesus in the ANS Database
Search for Croesus at AsiaMinorCoins.com
Search for Kroisos at Incitatus Coins

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