Lydian electrum trite (4.71g, 13x10x4 mm). This coin type, made of a gold and silver alloy, was in all likelihood the world's first coin, minted by King Alyattes in Sardis, Lydia, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), c. 610-600 BC. 11.33/10/4.99 mmCoincidently or not Jesus called Lydia region Satan's throne and the apostle Peter says that he is like a roaring lion. In the course of history few things has created more divisions an hatred than this invention, money! so beware! 1 Peter 5:8 Revelation 2:13