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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2137218, member: 26302&quot;]I have one I have been meaning to post. I will get around to it sooner or later. Its actually a Type I with the 1st reverse. My friend has written the definitive book on these, and added mine to all known coins. There are 123 known, but only 19 known with the 1st reverse die. So, yeah, you might have to save up for a while and be very patient to get one of these. About half are in museums, so you have about 60 coins that you can own. They are actually the very first coins struck by the Persian Empire.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]407854[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is mine from the seller&#039;s pic. The biggest difference is the first Type only had a half figure, not a full figure of the king. They were also struck on the Croesid standard of about 5.2 grams, not the higher 5.5 grams.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Edit: Btw, its attributed to Darius the Great, (of Marathon fame), and father of Xerxes. Even the name of these, Darics, comes from Darius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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