# Alyattes of Lydia

> The first ruler to mint coins — electrum slugs stamped with a lion's head around 600 BC — turning metal into portable trust and, by accident, inventing money as we know it.

*King of Lydia*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/alyattes-of-lydia

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** -640
- **Died:** -560
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Alyattes became the fourth king of Lydia's Mermnad dynasty around 618 BC, inheriting a kingdom in western Anatolia from his father Sadyattes. Somewhere in his 57-year reign he ordered the striking of the world's first standardized coins from electrum, a gold-silver alloy, embedding a guarantee of weight and purity in each piece. The innovation replaced barter and raw metal with something fungible and recognized — a leap that his son Croesus would refine by minting pure gold. When Alyattes died around 561 BC, he left Croesus not just a throne but the machinery of an economy.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299551)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyattes_of_Lydia)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Alyattes%20of%20Lydia)
- [Аліят II](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F%D1%82_II)
- [Алиат II](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%82_II)
- [Aliates II](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliates_II)
- [ئەلیاتیس](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [Alyattés II.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyatt%C3%A9s_II.)
- [Alyattes II.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyattes_II.)
- [Αλυάττης Β΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84)
- [Alyattes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyattes)
- [Aliates](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliates)
- [الیاتس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3)
- [Alyatte II](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyatte_II)
- [אליאטס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%98%D7%A1)
- [Alijat II.](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alijat_II.)
- [Alyates II](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyates_II)
- [Aliatte II](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliatte_II)
- [アリュアッテス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9)
- [ალიატე](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94)
- [알리아테스 2세](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%ED%85%8C%EC%8A%A4_2%EC%84%B8)
- [Aliatês](https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliat%C3%AAs)
- [Alyattes II](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyattes_II)
- [Alyattes II av Lydia](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyattes_II_av_Lydia)
- [Alyattes II](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyattes_II)
- [Alíates](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%ADates)
- [ألياتس الثاني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [الياتس التانى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89)

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