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The Ingots of Croesus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

L. I. C. Pearson
L. I. C. Pearson
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow.
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Review Article
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The Classical Review , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , September 1931 , pp. 118 - 119
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1931

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References

1 See Hammer, J. in Zeitschrift für Numismatik, Vol. XXVI, pp. 20, 21, for the proportion of gold in early electrum coins.Google Scholar

2 The exact proportions necessary for the required weight can be found by working out these equations, in which x = percentage of gold, y = percentage of silver: (a) x + y = 100. (b) .