דַּרְכּוֹן

דַּרְכּוֹןm. (late b. h. אֲדַרְכֹּן, hellenized Δαρεικός) Daric, a Persian gold (and silver) coin, v. infra.Tosef.B. Bath. XI, 2 דָּרִיכוֹן ed. Zuck. (Var. דריאבון).Pl. דַּרְכּוֹנוֹת.Shek. II, 1 (in carrying the half-Shekel contributions to Jerusalem) מצרפין שקלים לד׳ (old ed. לדרב׳) you may exchange them for Darics. B. Bath. X, 2 (165b) if in a note is found ד׳ דאינונוכ׳ (Var. דַּרְכְּמוֹנוֹמ) ‘Darics which areand the rest is blurred. Shek. II, 4 after the Jews came from Babylonia היו שוקלין ד׳ they offered their half-Shekels in (half-) Darics of silver (this being the standard coin); Y. ib. 46d top ד׳ דינרין Darics, which is denars (of silver, v. דִּינָר). Tosef. ib. II, 4; Y. ib. III, 47c bot. דרכונות של זהב (Bab. ed. Var. דַּרְכְּמוֹנֵי זהב; Ms. M. דַּרְכּוֹנֵי).