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SIZE 15 MM AND WEIGHT 2.6 GRAMS
However, they were quite crude, and were made of electrum, a naturally occurring pale yellow alloy of gold and silver
The composition of these first coins was similar to alluvial deposits found in the silt of the Pactolus river, which ran through the Lydian capital, Sardis
Later coins, including some in the British Museum, were made from gold purified by heating with common salt to remove the silver
King Croesus' gold coins follow the first silver coins that had been minted by King Pheidon of Argos around 700 BC
Instead, J. Oelsner and R. Rollinger have both read the sign as Ú, which might imply a reference to Urartu
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