ADARCON, or DARIC, δραχμή, the most ancient gold coin of which any specimens have been preserved to the present day. It was the earliest coined money known among the Jews; the impression on the coin is a crowned archer, in a garb such as is seen in the sculptures of Persepolis. The specimens weighed by Dr Bernard were fifteen grains heavier than our English guinea; their intrinsic value may therefore be reckoned at twenty-five shillings.—Eckhel, Doctrina Nummorum Veterum; Bernard, De Mensuris et Ponderibus.