Daric \Dar"ic\ (d[a^]r"[i^]k), n. [Gr. dareiko`s, of Persian
origin.]
1. (Antiq.)
(a) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a
little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side
the figure of an archer.
(b) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of
an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.
2. Any very pure gold coin.
DARIC
dar'-ik (darkemon, and 'adharkon; dareikos): A Persian gold coin about a
guinea or five dollars in value. The first form of the word occurs in 1Ch
29:7; Ezr 2:69, and Ne 7:70-72; the second in Ezr 8:27
and is rendered, "dram" in the King James Version and "daric" in the Revised
Version (British and American). In the passage in Chronicles, it must refer
to a weight, since at the time of David there were no coins, but in the days
of Ezra and Nehemiah the Persian darics were current. See MONEY.
Daric
in the Revised Version of 1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Neh.
7:70-72, where the Authorized Version has "dram." It is the
rendering of the Hebrew darkemon and the Greek dareikos. It was
a gold coin, bearing the figure of a Persian King with his crown
and armed with bow and arrow. It was current among the Jews
after their return from Babylon, i.e., while under the Persian
domination. It weighed about 128 grains troy, and was of the
value of about one guinea or rather more of our money. It is the
first coin mentioned in Scripture, and is the oldest that
history makes known to us.
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