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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2958696, member: 19463&quot;]There are no known Type I Darics.&nbsp; All shown here are Type III.&nbsp; There is a good piece on the series here</p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5728/NGC-Ancients-Achaemenid-Daric/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5728/NGC-Ancients-Achaemenid-Daric/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5728/NGC-Ancients-Achaemenid-Daric/</a></p><p>even though I have trouble accepting their &#039;arrow&#039; subtype as more than a crack that may have been strengthened to prevent splitting.&nbsp;&nbsp; They say it was found to be intentional by microscopic exam so I should not doubt it.&nbsp; I do.&nbsp; It would be interesting to know if anyone has researched the possibility of a die match without the arrow.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have no daric and no Type 1 silver but the coin below is Type II and matches the rare Daric style panzerman mentioned as expensive.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]723827[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have issues with the extreme variation in &#039;art&#039; quality of the darics.&nbsp; There is also a hard to understand difference in the reverse complexity of darics that I have not seen in the silver.&nbsp; 1934 WC&#039;s coin is an example of both oddities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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