The electrum coins of Lydia were of two kinds, one weighing 168.
The oldest known coins are the electrum coins of the earlier Mermnads (Madden, Coins of the Jews, pp.
We are ignorant as to which of the Lydian kings first made use of the new invention, and so threw into circulation the gold and electrum which filled his treasury to overflowing.
Therefore neither electrum nor Stannum is of itself a real metal, but rather an alloy of two metals.
Electrum is an alloy of gold and silver, Stannum of lead and silver (see note 33, p.
The oldest known coins are the electrum coins of the earlier Mermnads, stamped on one side with a lion’s head or the figure of a king with bow and quiver; these were replaced by Crœsus with a coinage of pure gold and silver.
Mr. Head has shown that the electrum coins of Lydia were of two kinds, one weighing 168.
Subsequently electrum (an alloy of gold and silver) disappeared as a specific metal, and tin was ascribed to Jupiter instead, the sign of mercury becoming common to the metal and the planet.
Christ is not that Spectrum that Damascene speaks of, nor that Electrum that Tertullian speakes of .
In Paracelsus' works, Electrum is the middle substance between ore and metal, neither wholly perfect nor altogether imperfect.
When amalgamated to the extent of 20 per cent, it changes its name, and is calledelectrum (asimû).
The gold and electrum came partly from Syria in bricks and rings; and partly from the Soudan in nuggets and gold-dust.
They shut the electrum doors upon them, and left them there wailing and cursing, while the High-Priest of Amen joined the hands of Rames and of Tua, and declared them to be man and wife for ever.
Beneath the electrum cap of one of them that had been hurled from it in its descent right into the circle of the priests, lay a shapeless mass.
Electrum is a metal and hath that name, for in the sunbeam it shineth more clear than gold or silver.
Thûtmosis and his guards occupied the centre, standing "armed in his chariot of electrum like unto Horus brandishing his pike, and like Montû the Theban god.
Such pieces are probably to be recognised in the nondescript coins of which the electrum stater is an example (No.
There was, however, no lack of gold money in Greece, for after the first electrum issues came the fine gold staters of Croesus, in the early sixth century (No.
A few subsidiary electrum coinages survived in Asia, the most famous being the Kyzikene staters (No.
The earliest electrumstater of Ionia is interesting on account of its fabric only, for it has no type.
Mirrors made of the 'electrum magicum' are warranted antipathetic to all evil influences, because there is hidden in the metal a 'heavenly power and influence of the seven planets.
To show his vigilance the Chief of the Odours offered the Suffet a little malobathrum to taste in an electrum spoon; then he pierced three Indian bezoars with an awl.
He poured perfume upon his head, passed an electrum necklace around his neck, and put on him sandals with heels of pearl,--sandals belonging to his own daughter!
These two bells we place on the table; one of a reddish alloy and furnished with iron rings, summons the martial spirit hither, the other made of electrum magicum (i.
Upon his head he wore a diadem on which was engraved the unspeakable name, Tetragrammaton, and in his hand he held a metallic plate which, as we soon learned, was made of electrum and signed with the signatures of coming centuries.
To them belong further the magical candlestick of electrum with seven branches, every branch bearing the sign of a planet; and above all the pentagrams, those figures with fine points which no demon can overstep.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "electrum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
