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Which ancient kingdom in Asia Minor is generally credited with the first coins, made of electrum? Answer with the name only.
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Lydia
- name
- common English name of the ancient kingdom, as used by standard historical references (e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, British Museum)
- sources
- , american numismatic association money museum, ‘lydia & the first coins’ (https://www.money.org/money-museum/virtual-exhibits/hom-case1/), which identifies lydia as the first coinage attributable to a kingdom and describes the earliest coins as electrum., american numismatic association money museum, ‘lydia & the first coins’: https://www.money.org/money-museum/virtual-exhibits-hom-case1/, american numismatic association, money museum, ‘lydia & the first coins’ (https://www.money.org/money-museum/virtual-exhibits/hom-case1/); british museum, ‘money gallery’ room 68 guide (https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/money_gallery_lpg_2020_room_68.pdf)., american numismatic association, ‘lydia & the first coins’ (https://www.money.org/money-museum/virtual-exhibits/hom-case1/); isis neutron and muon source, ‘world’s first money pays a visit to isis’ (https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/science-highlights/worlds-first-money-pays-a-visit-to-isis/), americanhistory.si.edu, artsandculture.google.com, britannica, 'coinage' / lydia entries (https://www.britannica.com/print/article/184097), which state that the first coins were electrum issued in lydia in western asia minor c. mid-7th century bc; cross-checked against the search summary of greek reporter (https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/15/worlds-first-coins-greek/)., british museum, 'coins of the ancient world' and the encyclopaedia britannica entry on 'lydia', both state that the kingdom of lydia (7th century bce, western asia minor) is generally credited with minting the first coins, made of electrum., british museum, 'history of the world in 100 objects' / standard numismatic history (e.g. herodotus, histories i.94, and british museum curatorial notes on electrum coinage) crediting the kingdom of lydia (capital sardis, in western asia minor) with striking the first coins, made of electrum, in the 7th century bc., british museum, electrum stater with a seal: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/electrum-stater-with-a-seal/xge6n00p7xjsbw?hl=en, british museum, large print guide – room 68 money (https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/money_gallery_lpg_2020_room_68.pdf); american numismatic association, lydia & the first coins (https://www.money.org/money-museum/virtual-exhibits-hom-case1/), british museum, large print guide – room 68 money, https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/money_gallery_lpg_2020_room_68.pdf; the metropolitan museum of art, sardis, https://www.metmuseum.org/ko/essays/sardis, british museum, large print guide—room 68 money, https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/money_gallery_lpg_2020_room_68.pdf; american numismatic association, lydia & the first coins, https://www.money.org/money-museum/virtual-exhibits-hom-case1/, british museum, money gallery room 68 guide: https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/money_gallery_lpg_2020_room_68.pdf, coinweek.com, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica, "coin" / "lydia" entries, and the british museum's description of the lydian electrum trite/stater coinage attributed to king alyattes/croesus-era sardis as the earliest known coins., encyclopaedia britannica, "lydia (ancient kingdom)" and "coin" entries: lydia, in western asia minor, is generally credited with striking the first coins (c. 7th century bc), made of electrum, a naturally occurring gold-silver alloy., encyclopaedia britannica, "lydia (ancient kingdom)" and "history of coins" articles: lydia, in western asia minor, is generally credited with striking the first coins (c. 7th century bc), made of electrum (a naturally occurring gold-silver alloy)., encyclopaedia britannica, "lydia (ancient kingdom, anatolia)" and british museum collection notes on lydian electrum coinage: both state that the kingdom of lydia, in western asia minor, is generally credited with striking the first coins, made of electrum, in the 7th century bc., encyclopaedia britannica, "lydia (ancient kingdom, anatolia)" and the british museum's numismatics overview, both of which state that the kingdom of lydia in western asia minor is generally credited with producing the first coins, made of electrum, in the 7th century bce., encyclopaedia britannica, "lydia (ancient kingdom, asia minor)" and "coin, history of coinage" articles: lydia, under king alyattes/croesus, is generally credited with striking the first coins, made of electrum, circa 7th century bce., encyclopaedia britannica, 'coin' (history of coinage) and the british museum's numismatics collection notes both state that the earliest coins, made of electrum, were struck in the kingdom of lydia in asia minor in the 7th century bce, encyclopaedia britannica, 'lydia (ancient kingdom)' and 'coin' articles: the lydians, under king alyattes/croesus in western asia minor, are generally credited with striking the first coins from electrum (a natural gold-silver alloy) in the 7th century bce., encyclopaedia britannica, 'lydia (ancient kingdom)' and 'coin' articles; corroborated by the british museum's description of the lydian/ionian electrum coinage from sardis (7th century bce) as the earliest coinage., encyclopaedia britannica, 'lydia (ancient kingdom, anatolia)' and 'coin' articles: lydia, under kings such as alyattes/croesus, is credited with striking the first coins, made of electrum, in the 7th century bce., encyclopaedia britannica, 'lydia (ancient kingdom, anatolia)' and 'coin' entries: lydia, in western asia minor, is credited with striking the first coins (electrum) in the 7th century bce under king alyattes., encyclopaedia britannica, 'lydia (ancient kingdom, anatolia)' and 'coin: history of coinage' articles, both stating that the kingdom of lydia in western asia minor is generally credited with striking the first coins, made of electrum, in the 7th century bce., encyclopaedia britannica, 'lydia' (ancient kingdom, asia minor) and 'coin' articles: lydia, under king alyattes/croesus in the 7th century bce, is generally credited with striking the first coins, made of electrum (a natural gold-silver alloy)., encyclopaedia britannica, 'lydia' (ancient kingdom, asia minor) — credited with striking the first coins, of electrum, in the 7th century bce under king alyattes/croesus; corroborated by the british museum's description of electrum coinage originating in lydia., encyclopaedia britannica, 'lydia' / 'coin' entries; herodotus, histories 1.94, stating the lydians were the first to strike coins of gold and silver (electrum), encyclopaedia britannica, 'lydia: ancient kingdom, asia minor' and 'coin: history of coinage' entries, both stating lydia (7th century bce) is generally credited with striking the first coins, made of electrum (a natural gold-silver alloy)., encyclopedia britannica, "lydia (ancient kingdom)" and "coin" entries; british museum numismatics collection notes on electrum lydian coinage attributed to king alyattes/croesus, 7th century bce, hallie ford museum of art, lydian electrum (https://library.willamette.edu/hfma/omeka/items/show/14); american numismatic association, lydia & the first coins (https://www.money.org/money-museum/virtual-exhibits-hom-case1/), herodotus (5th c. bce) and the sardis expedition essay 'coins of sardis' (kroll, the lydians and their world, 2010), which credit the lydians with the first electrum coinage c. 600 bc under alyattes; also the wikipedia 'electrum' article, herodotus, histories 1.94 (as summarized by the british museum and encyclopaedia britannica entries on lydia/coinage), which credit the kingdom of lydia in asia minor with striking the first coins, made of electrum, under king alyattes/croesus in the 7th century bce., herodotus, histories 1.94 (as summarized in standard numismatic histories, e.g. the british museum and encyclopaedia britannica entries on 'coin'/'lydia'), which credits the kingdom of lydia, centered at sardis under king alyattes/croesus in the 7th century bce, with issuing the first coins, struck in electrum (a natural gold-silver alloy)., herodotus, histories 1.94 (credits the lydians with being the first to strike coins of gold and silver, i.e. electrum); corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica entry 'lydia' and the british museum's description of electrum coinage originating in lydia (asia minor) in the 7th century bce., herodotus, histories 1.94 (first gold and silver coinage struck by the kings of lydia); encyclopedai entry on lydia, https://encyclopedai.stavros.io/entries/lydia; numisbids lot description of lydian electrum coinage, https://www.numisbids.com/sale/1228/lot/99, herodotus, histories 1.94 (lydian coinage); wikipedia "electrum coinage" (lydia credited with the first electrum coins, c. 600 bc), herodotus, histories 1.94, and standard numismatic history (e.g. british museum / american numismatic society references on lydian electrum coinage under king alyattes, c. 7th century bce) credit the kingdom of lydia, in western asia minor, with striking the first coins, made of electrum., herodotus, histories 1.94, and the british museum's numismatic catalogue entries on early electrum coinage, both of which credit the kingdom of lydia (7th century bc, under kings such as alyattes) with minting the first coins, struck from naturally occurring electrum found in the pactolus river., herodotus, histories 1.94; and the british museum / kaptan, d. on lydian electrum coinage: ancient historical consensus credits the kingdom of lydia (capital sardis, 7th century bce, under king alyattes) with minting the first coins, struck in electrum., herodotus, histories 1.94; british museum and numismatic scholarship on the earliest electrum coinage of lydia (7th century bce), minted under the mermnad kings at sardis, herodotus, histories 1.94; encyclopaedia britannica entry 'lydia' and 'coin' both state that lydia (western asia minor) is generally credited with striking the first coins, made of electrum, in the 7th century bce., herodotus, the histories, book 1 (1.94): credits the lydians with being the first to strike coins of gold and silver (electrum); corroborated by the british museum's numismatic collection notes on the earliest electrum coinage from lydia/western asia minor, 7th century bce, herodotus, the histories, book i (1.94), cited by the british museum and the american numismatic society as attributing the first electrum coinage to the kingdom of lydia (capital sardis, 7th century bce), library.willamette.edu, lydia & the first coins, american numismatic association (https://www.money.org/money-museum/virtual-exhibits-hom-case1/); electrum, wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electrum), metropolitan museum of art, heilbrunn timeline essay on sardis (https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/sardis) and herodotus, histories 1.94 (lydians first minted coins of electrum); search snippets of both read, mnk.pl, numismatics.org, slll.cass.anu.edu.au, the invention of coinage: lydia, 630 bce (universität wien, münze und macht project), https://data1.geo.univie.ac.at/projects/muenzeundmacht/node/245 ; corroborated by greekreporter, 'world's first coins were minted in ancient lydia', the metropolitan museum of art, 'lydia and phrygia' (https://www.metmuseum.org/pt/essays/lydia-and-phrygia); lbma, 'lydian electrum coin' (https://www.lbma.org.uk/wonders-of-gold/items/lydian-electrum-coin)., wikipedia, "lydia" and "electrum" articles (lydian coinage c. 600 bc; electrum coins credited to the lydians, king alyattes/croesus era); cross-checked against standard numismatic references on early coinage, wikipedia, 'electrum coin' and 'lydian coins' articles (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electrum_coin, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lydia): early 6th-century bc lydian electrum coins are credited as the first coins., wikipedia, 'lydia' (coinage section) and 'electrum' articles: the lydians, under croesus' predecessors around the late 7th century bce, are credited with the first coins made of electrum., wikipedia, 'lydia' and 'coin' articles; herodotus, histories 1.94, wikipedia, 'lydia' article, introduction: 'lydian coins, made of electrum, are among the oldest in existence, dated to around the 7th century bc' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lydia), worldhistory.org, www.britannica.com, www.britishmuseum.org, www.lbma.org.uk, www.metmuseum.org, www.money.org, www.oeaw.ac.at, www.penn.museum, www.worldhistory.org
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