daric
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of daric
1560–70; < Greek Dāreikós (statḗr) (Persian stater) of Darius ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Gold daric; a Persian coin worth about $5.
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
The daric is equal to about a guinea or a louis d'or of our time, as the Chevalier de Jaucourt very well observes, and not ten francs, as Rollin says.
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Hence the gold daric was changed for ten silver staters or twenty silver drachmas.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
When Cyrus proposed to march them with his other troops to fight his brother towards the Euphrates, they demanded a daric and a half, which he was obliged to grant them.
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
There was much protesting and headshaking, at last ended by the glint of a daric.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
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