BIBLICAL GOLD DARIC, PERSIAN EMPIRE, ACHAEMENID DYNASTY, XERXES I - DARIOS II
Carradice Type IIIb Group A/B, NGC Choice Very Fine, Strike 4/5, Surfaces 3/5, 8.27 grams, Struck Circa. 485 - 420 B.C.E.
Obverse: Persian King running to right with Spear and Bow
Reverse: Incuse punch
A BEAUTIFUL gold daric, well struck with a full crown!
The Persian daric is the Biblical coin known as the Darkamon in the biblical books of Ezra (2:69) and Nehemiah (7:69, 70, 71) and also circulated in the time of the Biblical book of Esther.
