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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4574554, member: 51347&quot;]VERY nice writeup, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] !&nbsp; Some great coins, thanks for a great post.</p><p><br /></p><p>I kept a small collection of Trade Dollars / Currencies which I have locked away and no pics, regretfully.&nbsp; Several Ducats of varying mintages, US Trade Dollars, Chinese Trade Dollars, Japan, several from SE Asia, Talers, etc.&nbsp; I would pick them up, or get them online as I travelled a lot on business, and they were cool units of trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was also under the impression that the Daric was one of the first GOLD unit of value that was traded far and wide.&nbsp; Yup, I understand the EL coins from Lydia were the first in the Western World, but I understand that Darius hijacked the idea, issued his in GOLD, and spread his Gold Daric throughout his Empire and beyond.&nbsp; Fast followers were Philip II&#039;s gold staters and Alexander III&#039;s gold Staters as widespread units of trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1132589[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire.</b></p><p><i><b>Darios I to Xerxes II.</b></i></p><p>Circa 485-420 BC.</p><p>AV Daric (14mm, 8.30 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint.</p><p>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 /</p><p>Incuse punch.</p><p>Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27);</p><p>Meadows, <i>Administration</i> 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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