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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 8647285, member: 135271&quot;]Yeah, the latest Old Testament prophets lived until around 400 B.C. and then the New Testament picks up with Christ&#039;s birth around 5 B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cyrus, Darius I, and Xerxes I are the Achaemenid kings whose history overlaps with the OT. The first two, Cyrus and Darius I, are mentioned multiple times by name, and Xerxes I is generally thought to be the &quot;King Ahasuerus&quot; from the book of Esther. I&#039;m not sure if darics were ever mentioned specifically but it could be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got a siglos from the time of Darius I to Xerxes. I&#039;d love to have an earlier Darius coin though, or even one struck under Cyrus. </p><p>It&#039;s unfortunate that the invention of coinage came so late in the biblical record - how amazing would it be to have ancient Israelite coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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