Croesus or Kroesos, King of Lydia 561-546 BC. Because similar images were used on different denominations, the reference depends on the weight and size.
BMC 31 | Kings of Lydia. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AV Stater. Sardes mint. Light series. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. BMC Lydia 31-34; SNG von Aulock 2875; Berk 3-4; Carradice 8 etc. | Text | Image |
BMC 36 | Kings of Lydia. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AV Third Stater. Sardes mint. Light series. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. Berk 5-6; Traité I, 404–405; SNG vA 8212; BMC 36; de Luynes 2779; SNG Berry 1139. | Text | Image |
BMC 37 | Kroisos (Croesus), AR Stater or Double siglos. 565-546 BC. 19-20 mm, 10.4-10.7 g. Foreparts of a lion right and bull left. / Irregular bipartite incuse punch. BMC 37-40; SNG Kayhan 1018; Traité II-1, 407-408; SNG vA 2873-2874 and 8209; SNG Cop 455 and 457; SNG Lockett 2980-2981; Pozzi 2730; Lockett coll. 2447-2448; Weber 6773; SNG Berry 1140 etc. | Text | Image |
BMC 41 | Lydia, Kroisos AR Half Stater 14mm, 6.16 g. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Two part incuse punch. BMC 41-43; SNG Kayhan 1024-1026; Rosen 665; SNG vA 2877-2879; SNG Lockett 2984; SNG Berry 1141; Dewing 2428-2430 etc. | Text | Image |
BMC 41 | Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR Half-Stater. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / incuse punch. | Text | Image |
BMC 53 | Lydia, Croesus, AR Twelfth Stater (0.83g). Confronted heads of a lion right and a bull left / incuse punch. | Text | Image |
Babelon 8 | Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos (Croesus). Circa 561-546 BC. AV Sixth Stater or Hekte (1.33 gm). Light series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Incuse punch. | Text | Image |
Berk 12 | Lydian Kingdom, Croesus AV Stater. 561-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Oblong incuse punch. | Text | Image |
Rosen 662 | Lydia, Kings. Time of Kroisos. Ca 561-546 BC. AR Stater - Double Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Double incuse punch. SNGvA 2874. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Rosen 663 | Lydia, Kings. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Half-Stater or Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Double incuse punch. SNG Cop 456; SNGvA 2875ff. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Rosen 664 | Lydia. c561-546 BC. AR Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Double incuse punch. SNG von Aulock 2877. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Rosen 666 | Lydia, Kings of. Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Third Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Double incuse punch. Boston MFA 2071. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Rosen 667 | Kingdom of Lydia, time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Sixth-Stater. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Two-part incuse punch. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Rosen 668 | Lydia, Kings. Kroisos. Ca 561-546 BC. AR 1/24 Siglos=1/12 Stater. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Single incuse punch. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 455 | Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AR Stater (Double Siglos). Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Double incuse punch. SNG von Aulock 2873. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 456 | Lydia. Time of Kroisos, circa 561-546 BC. AR Half-Stater or Siglos. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Double incuse punch. Rosen 663-665; SNG Cop 456; SNGvA 2875ff. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
SNG vA 2875 | Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AV Stater, Light Series. Ca 561-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left, both with straight legs / Two square incuse punches of different sizes. Boston MFA 2073, Dewing 2431. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Traite_x6 | Lydia, Kings of, Kroisos AV Sixth Stater. 561-546 BC. Heavy Series. Struck at Sardes. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Incuse punch. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Walburg_2-IV-3 | Lydia, Time of Kroisos, to 520 BC or later. AV Twelfth Stater. Light Series. Struck at Sardes. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Incuse punch. | Text | Image |
Walburg_2 | Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos (Croesus). Circa 561-546 BC. AV Twelfth Stater (0.66g). Light series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Incuse punch. | Text | Image |
Walburg_6 | Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos. Circa 550-520 BC. AV Sixth Stater. Light Series. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Incuse punch. Traité pl. 10, 8, Weber 6772. | Text | Image |
Walburg_VI2 | Lydia, Kings of. Time of Kroisos (Croesus). c561-546 BC. AV Twelfth Stater. Light series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Incuse punch. | Text | Image |
Weber_6772 | Lydia AV Sixth Stater. Time of Kroisos, ca 550-520 BC. Light Series. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion right and a bull left / Incuse punch. Walburg 6, Traité 8. | Text | Image |
See also: | Entry for Croesus on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||