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Darius I's Gold Daries: The Coin That Built an Empire
This episode digs into the invention of the daric and siglos — the first gold and silver coins of the Achaemenid Empire. Lucas and Luna explore how Darius I introduced standardized currency around 515 BCE, why he chose those precise weights, and how this monetary revolution tied together 70 million people from the Indus to the Aegean. They discuss the daric's famous design — the kneeling king-archer — what it symbolized, and how these coins were used (and counterfeited) across the empire. The conversation also touches on Lydia's earlier electrum coins, the economic logic of bimetallism, and…
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