The History of Coins
That way you can count it instead of weighing it.
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1.What is a coin?
That way you can count it instead of weighing it.
2.Where and when were the first coins probably made?
The British Museum says they were made of electrum, a gold and silver mix also found in nature; why they were first made nobody knows for sure.
3.What did the lion's head stamp confirm?
The lion's head seems to have been a royal sign, so these were most likely the king's coins.
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Sources (3)
- British Museum: Money Gallery (Room 68), Large Print Guide 2020, Case 1 'The beginnings of coinage' (Lydia, Persia, Greece, China)
- Sardis Expedition (Harvard/Cornell): The Lydians and their World, 2010, Essay 'Coins of Sardis' (Autor laut URL-Kennung: Kroll, Vorname nicht gelesen)
- Eigene Berechnung (Python)
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