The First Official Currency - Lydian Lion Around 600 B.C - Deepstash
The First Official Currency - Lydian Lion Around 600 B.C

The First Official Currency - Lydian Lion Around 600 B.C

Around 600 B.C King Alyattes minted what would become the first official currency ever recorded.

Each coin was made from electrum alloy which is a mixture of silver and gold.

A very fun thing that we never managed to understand is, why lions were sculpted or depicted with two possible faces: 

  • Concerned as if they had problems
  • Cold as if they were a cartoon freezing

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