Persian daric

The Daric ( Stater ) was coined in the Achaemenid gold coin. The Greek name for this common Daric is occupied since the 5th century BC. It was a bean-shaped piece of gold with a weight of about 8.42 grams. Chance he is also inaccurately called Daric Philippeioi and Argypoi D.. The stamp represents the king in the knee -robin scheme is as archers, the back shows a deeper square.

In the years of the first coinage to 515 BC, the Daric had a weight of 8.05 grams, which corresponded to the Kroiseios. Soon after, the weight of the silver pieces ( Siglos ) was adapted in a ratio of 1:13,33. The fineness is 98; Part value is the Goldobolos ( twelfth ).

In Asia Minor parts of the Persian Empire like larger pieces of silver were characterized by good Greek style, sometimes with Greek names of governors, weighing about 14.9 g

The Daric remains the dominant means of payment in the Mediterranean until around 345 BC, the time of origin of Philippeios under the Macedonians Philip II; the double Daric is marked only under the Great Alexander. Rarely are golden Doppeldareiken same coinage before, often the small silver coins of the same species