COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.26.59.2
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MMA_.26.59.2
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2002
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2002
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Description:
The stater was a standard form of currency in antiquity. There are gold, electrum, and silver staters, and their standard weight varies according to their place of issue. Thirty gold staters like this one were found in a small terracotta jug. Each is stamped with the confronted foreparts of a lion and bull. The jug was probably buried for safekeeping shortly before the Persian conquest of Sardis, the capital of the Lydian empire, in 547 B.C. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the Lydians invented coinage and that Croesus, who reigned from about 560 to 546 B.C., was the first king to issue both gold and silver coins. Excavations at Sardis have revealed workshops where gold refining was carried out.
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The stater was a standard form of currency in antiquity. There are gold, electrum, and silver staters, and their standard weight varies according to their place of issue. Thirty gold staters like this one were found in a small terracotta jug. Each is stamped with the confronted foreparts of a lion and bull. The jug was probably buried for safekeeping shortly before the Persian conquest of Sardis, the capital of the Lydian empire, in 547 B.C. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the Lydians invented coinage and that Croesus, who reigned from about 560 to 546 B.C., was the first king to issue both gold and silver coins. Excavations at Sardis have revealed workshops where gold refining was carried out.
Description
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Creator Nationality:
Asian; Anatolian; Lydian
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Asian; Anatolian; Lydian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Lydian
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Lydian
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Gold stater
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Gold stater
Title
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View:
Principal view
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Principal view
View
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Creation Date:
ca. 560?546 B.C.
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ca. 560?546 B.C.
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
-2
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-2
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
2
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2
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Gold
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Gold
Materials and Techniques
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Creation Place:
From Sardis
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From Sardis
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
No measurment
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No measurment
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York
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New York, New York
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
26.59.2
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26.59.2
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926
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Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926
Credit Line
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Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Copyright
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp</a>
Rights
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_26.59.2.tif
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MMA_.h1_26.59.2.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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