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noun

Daric n.

(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.

Any very pure gold coin.

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Etymology of 'Daric'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the soldiers. The suspicion that he was leading them against the king was not dispelled; but it seemed best to follow him. They only demanded an increase of pay, and Cyrus promised to give them half as much again as they had hitherto received—that is to say, a daric and a half a month to each man, instead of a daric. Was he really leading them to attack the king? Not even at this moment was any one apprised of the fact, at any rate in any ...

— Anabasis • Xenophon