Coin depicted roughly three times actual size*

Twelfth stater of Lydia, Before Croesus

Electrum twelfth stater, 8mm, 1.13gm, issued c. 600-550 BC

Obv: Lion head right with gobule on firehead.

Rev: Square punch.

References: Sear 3402, Rosen 654.

Rare.

One of the earliest coins produced.