BIBLICAL GOLD DARIC, PERSIAN EMPIRE, ACHAEMENID DYNASTY, XERXES I - DARIOS II
Carradice Type IIIb Group A/B, Very Fine, 15.3mm, 8.35 grams, Struck Circa. 485 - 420 B.C.E.
Obverse: Persian King running to right with Spear and Bow
Reverse: Incuse punch
Handsome example and nicely centered with full legs etc. Residual luster!
Coin was removed from an NGC slab, #8521703-024, graded VF, 4/5 Strike, 4/5 Surfaces.
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.
