Lydien
Lydienvar iantikkenet mægtigt kongerige i det vestligeLilleasienomkring hovedstadenSardes.Dets storhedsstid var7. århundrede f.Kr.-6. århundrede f.Kr.
Det sidste dynasti af konger,Mermnaderne,udvidede riget mod øst til floden Halys og kom i strid medMedienog derefterPersien.546 f.Kr.erobrede den persiske kongeKyros den StoreLydien, der siden delte skæbne med det øvrige Lilleasien.
Lydien var det første land, der prægedemønterafædelmetal.Møntprægningen startede omkring 630 f.Kr.[1]Lydiens rigdom var berømt.
Referencer
[redigér|rediger kildetekst]- ^09 July 2021, worldhistory.org: The Invention of the First Coinage in Ancient Lydia,backupCitat: "...There had to be a better way – and the ancient Lydians invented it...In approximately 630 BCE, someone in the Anatolian kingdom of Lydia stamped a piece of precious metal with something akin to asignet ring.One outcome of this simple act was that it increased confidence in the lump’s weight and purity when later used in the marketplace. This procedure did nothing to modify the intrinsic value of the commodity, but it simplified the exchange ofbullionfor anyone willing to accept thestamp’s guaranteeprima facierather than reweighing and retesting the lump every time it was traded...The stamps were rudimentary affairs at first, bearing messages in Greek or Lydian stating, "I am thesignetof Phanes "or" I am [the seal] of Kukas. "It must be remembered, however, that ancient peoples treated asealmore formally than we do asignature;the seal embodied the full power and prestige of the person associated with it... "
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