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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2721209, member: 51347&quot;]I collect a lot of Gold coins, including US, World, and Ancients.&nbsp; For fun, I thought I would share this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first actual <i><b>Gold</b></i> coin produced for the purposes of commerce.&nbsp; Generally they were used to raise armies and/or major payments between cities, satraps, or kingdoms.&nbsp; Prior &quot;gold&quot; coins were actually electrum, which is a natural blend of Gold and Silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]616559[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. </b><i>temp.<b> Darios I to Xerxes II. </b></i>Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.30 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing <i>kidaris</i> and <i>kandys</i>, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, <i>Administration</i> 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. VF. Well centered and struck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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