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noun - an ancient Persian coin
DARIC - The Persian daric was a gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos, represented the bimetallic monetary standard of the Achaemenid...
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Gold coin of ancient Persia |
Old gold or silver Persian coin |
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Nov 7 2010 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
Sep 16 2001 The Times - Concise |
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A gold coin from ancient Persia. |
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The Persian daric was a gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos, represented the bimetallic monetary standard of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.Cyrus the Great (550530 BC) introduced coins to the Persian Empire after 546 BC. Darius I (521486 BC) introduced a thick gold coin which had a standard weight of 8.4 grams, equaling in value 20 silver coins. The gold used in the coins was of very high quality with a purity of 95.83% and it bore the image of the Persian king or a great warrior armed with a bow and arrow. Their use ended with Alexander the Great's invasion in 330 BC, after which they were mostly melted down and recoined as coins of Alexander. This is believed to be the main reason for their rarity, in spite of their widespread usage at the time.Close to the end of the 5th century BC, the Persian satraps in Asia Minor decided to strike their own coins. Darius considered such encroachment a crime punishable by death since the right of coinage was treated as an |