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electrum

Naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver used by early civilizations to make the first coins, about the 6th century BC.



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And a wonder it was to see; for its whole orb was a-shimmer with enamel and white ivory and electrum, and it glowed with shining gold; and there were zones of cyanus (2) drawn upon it.
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