Known as a stater or Croeseid ... around 650 B.C. But Alyattes had been making coins out of electrum, a naturally occurring gold-and-silver alloy that often has bits of other metals in it.

The first coin, a silver stater, was found on January 31, 2022, in a parcel originating from the United Kingdom. Dating back to around 410–390 BC, it bears the image of Kherei, a ruler of Lycia.

Inscriptions on Iron Age coins are the first evidence of writing in Britain.This gold stater coin was one of ... which were themselves copies of Greek coins. The head of Apollo wearing a laurel ...