• Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). ║ THE ORIGINAL OF COINS According (0) ____to____ the Greek historian Herodotus (484-425 BC), the Lydian people were the first to use metallic coins. In fact, these earliest coins were made out (9) _________ electrum, a naturally occurring mixture of gold and Silver. The coins were first produced in the seventh century BC with a design on (10) _________ side only; the other was marked with simple punches. Each coin was assigned a value in units. Some coins were inscribed with names in Lydian script, but it is unclear (11) _________ these are names of kings or just of rich men who produced the coins. (12) _________ of the Irregular size and shape of the coins, it must (13) _________ been difficult to tell one (14) _________ another, especially some of the smaller ones. Thus, many costs were expressed (15) ___________ terms of the total weight of the coins required, and transactions were completed by weighing the coins used together, (16) _________ than counting individual ones.