or DARIK, ἀπαρχήν, the most ancient gold coin of which any specimen has 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 gurb 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.