[DOC] [TLE] Electrum - Wikipedia [PAR] Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals. It has also been produced artificially, and is often known as green gold. The ancient Greeks called it 'gold' or 'white gold', as opposed to 'refined gold'. [DOC] [TLE] 1. Coinage emerging from a fickle metal: electrum - Achemenet [PAR] The first coins were almost certainly minted in the Lydian capital Sardis in ... 
feature of these first coins is that they were all made of electrum, an alloy of gold 
and silver ... striations on their main side (called the obverse), the earliest 
coinage is... [DOC] [TLE] Lydian Lion - World's Oldest Coin - Reid Goldsborough [PAR] Lydian Lion. 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, minted by King Alyattes in Sardis, Lydia, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), c. 610-600 BC. [DOC] [TLE] Coinage - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] The first coins were made of electrum, an alloy of silver and gold. It appears that 
many early Lydian coins were minted by merchants as tokens to be used in... [DOC] [TLE] Kroll, Coins of Sardis - The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis [PAR] All earlier coins had been made exclusively of the gold-silver alloy known as 
electrum. Since a number of these earliest coins were inscribed with Lydian 
names... [DOC] [TLE] Electrum Metal Alloy - Chemistry - About.com [PAR] This ancient Lydian electrum coin dates back to the early 6th century BC. ... The 
man-made alloy of gold and silver is chemically similar to electrum, but usually is
... [DOC] [TLE] From the Origin of Coins to Croesus - Forvm Ancient Coins [PAR] Electrum was an alloy of gold and silver that was available naturally in the silt of 
the ... is evidence that the alloy of some Lydian coin issues were made of a 
controlled ... Another indication that the earliest electrum coins were from Lydia is 
the... [DOC] [TLE] The oldest coin in the world - Fleur de Coin [PAR] A few words about the oldest coin in the world, a stater featuring the Lydian kings' 
... The oldest coin available today was discovered in Efesos, an ancient Hellenic 
city ... Made from electrum, a natural occuring alloy of gold and silver, the coin... [DOC] [TLE] An Analysis of Electrum Coinage in Ancient Greece - Department of ... [PAR] Theories surrounding the reason for minting electrum coins ..... later in the 
ancient world, the first coins were made out of an alloy of gold and silver, with 
some .... explains, [Lydian electrum coins] have a uniform weight but their 
metallic value... [DOC] [TLE] The First Coins: Lydian or Ionian? [PAR] This coin was cast from electrum, a natural alloy of gold and silver, as were all 
early coins until the Lydian King Croesus (561-546 BCE) began minting coins of
... [DOC] [TLE] 700-550 BC | Armstrong Economics [PAR] Electrum was found in the Lydian mountains in abundance and as alluvial 
deposits in the bed ... Fractional pieces appear to have been coined from an 
extremely early date. ... Historians are generally agreed that these first primitive 
coins were made about 650 B.C. ... However, the proportion of gold and silver 
were not fixed. [DOC] [TLE] NGC Ancients: What Does It Mean to Be As Rich as Croesus? | NGC [PAR] Nov 10, 2015 ... Can any collection of ancient coins be complete without at least one of the ... B.C. 
The earliest coins were made of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver. ... Before 
Croesus ruled, a series of Lydian kings issued electrum coins. [DOC] [TLE] Black Mediterranean History, via Coin and Pottery [PAR] Made from electrum, a natural occuring alloy of gold and silver, the coin 
originated ... The capital city of ancient Lydia was Sardis, and it was a major 
commercial... [DOC] [TLE] History, Metals, and Weight Standards (Ancient Coins of Miletos) [PAR] The earliest coins of Miletus and Lydia were not made of gold or

Question: Early Lydian coins were made from electrum, an alloy of silver & this
Answer: gold