Dar"ic (?), n. [Gr. , of Persian origin.]
1. Antiq. (a)
A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side of the figure of an archer
. (b)
A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.
2.
Any very pure gold coin.
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