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The earlier metal money values by weight was influenced by the usage of tool money also, and was now often exchanged in peculiar bars which were not always simply taken over from the Ancient Orient. So-called Gusskönige or Gusskuchen were popular forms in this case. According to Professor Regling they were used, for instance, in the Spartan Pelanoi (cakes) and they have actually been excavated in the older levels of Sparta.
The earlier metal money values by weight was influenced by the usage of tool money also, and was now often exchanged in peculiar bars which were not always simply taken over from the Ancient Orient. So-called Gusskönige or Gusskuchen were popular forms in this case. According to Professor Regling they were used, for instance, in the Spartan Pelanoi (cakes) and they have actually been excavated in the older levels of Sparta.
