The practice of using silver bars for currency also seems to have been current in Central Asia from the 6th century BC. The barter system, as well as (to some extent) silver bullion were used instead for trade. In the Achaemenid Empire in the early 6th century BC, coinage was yet unknown. The weight and purity of bullion would be the key determinant of value. Metal ingots, silver bullion or unmarked bars were probably in use for exchange among many of the civilizations that mastered metallurgy. Late Bronze Age metal ingots were given standard shapes, such as the shape of an "ox-hide", suggesting that they represented standardized values.
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