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{{About|the river in Turkey|the British warship|HMS Pactolus|the Pacific reef|Pactolus Bank}}
[[File:Πακτωλός.jpg|300px|thumb|Pactolus river]]
'''Pactolus''' ({{lang-el|Πακτωλός}}), now named '''Sart Çayı''', is a river near the Aegean coast of [[Turkey]]. The river rises from [[Mount Tmolus]], flows through the ruins of the ancient city of [[Sardis]], and empties into the [[Gediz River]], the ancient [[Hermus]].
The Pactolus once contained [[electrum]] that was the basis of the economy of the ancient state of [[Lydia]], which used the naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver to forge the [[History of coins|first coins]] under [[Alyattes|Alyattes of Lydia]]. Because of the gold, the river was often called Chrysorrhoas (Χρυσορρόας), which means "streaming with gold".<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D1%3Aentry%3Dpactolus-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Pactolus]</ref> ==Legend==
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