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Electrum

A metal alloy which occurs naturally and is comprised of gold and silver with traces of other metals; the first coins were probably made of electrum in Lydia and Ionia circa 650 BCE and were widely used until circa 345 when they were replaced with gold or silver coins.

Before its use in coins, electrum was apparently used in the manufacture of armor because the poet, Hesiod, said that the shield which was made by Hephaistos (Hephaestus) and used by Herakles (Heracles) was made of ivory and electrum.

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