Lydian Gold and the Royal Road
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Refining placer gold from the Pactolus Stream to invent minted coinage, the Lydian Kingdom connected East and West via the Royal Road at Sardis, entombing its kings beneath the colossal mounds of Bin Tepe.
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Periods
- Ionia & Aeolis
- Hellenistic era
- Roman era