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'''Pactolus''' ({{lang-el|Πακτωλός}}), now named Sart Çayı is a river near the Aegean coast of [[Turkey]]. The river rises from [[Tmolus|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 of Lydia]].