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Also Electrum, also from western Asia Minor, and of around 580
BC. We see considerable progress in the representation of natural
details: the horn and hoof are shown carefully and the leg is positioned
in an almost right angle. We see on a beautiful oval flan the beard
and eye fo the billy-goat. The color of coin here seems to be rather
reddish; it is however, the color of electrum, a natural alloy of
gold and silver found in the rivers of Asia Minor.
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