Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

In the middle of the sixth century B.C., King Croesus of Lydia minted the world's first gold coin. Known as a stater or Croeseid, the coin represents a key turning point in the history of ...

After so many centuries, Croesus is still the world-wide symbol of the man who's made it. The real King Croesus was indeed fabulously rich and, until a horrible twist at the end of his life ...

When the Lydians returned to their king, Croesus, he invited Alcmaeon to his capital at Sardis to reward him; inviting him to take as much gold as he could carry from his treasury. The canny ...