daric
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The daric was a high-purity gold coin of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, widely used across its territories and influential in ancient Near Eastern and Greek economies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| daric canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T685357 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: daric Context triple: [Achaemenid Empire, currency, daric]
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A.
Dern
Dern is a surname most prominently associated with American actor Bruce Dern and his family of performers.
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B.
Durkan
Durkan is a surname most notably associated with Jenny Durkan, the former mayor of Seattle and an American attorney and politician.
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C.
Dani Ardor
Dani Ardor is the emotionally traumatized American graduate student who becomes entangled with a sinister Swedish pagan cult in Ari Aster’s 2019 folk horror film "Midsommar."
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D.
Dinar
The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.
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E.
Raka
Raka is a renowned Afrikaans narrative poem by N. P. van Wyk Louw that explores themes of civilization, barbarism, and moral conflict through an allegorical tale.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: daric Target entity description: The daric was a high-purity gold coin of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, widely used across its territories and influential in ancient Near Eastern and Greek economies.
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A.
Dern
Dern is a surname most prominently associated with American actor Bruce Dern and his family of performers.
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B.
Durkan
Durkan is a surname most notably associated with Jenny Durkan, the former mayor of Seattle and an American attorney and politician.
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C.
Dani Ardor
Dani Ardor is the emotionally traumatized American graduate student who becomes entangled with a sinister Swedish pagan cult in Ari Aster’s 2019 folk horror film "Midsommar."
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D.
Dinar
The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.
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E.
Raka
Raka is a renowned Afrikaans narrative poem by N. P. van Wyk Louw that explores themes of civilization, barbarism, and moral conflict through an allegorical tale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Achaemenid imperial coinage
ⓘ
ancient coin ⓘ gold coin ⓘ |
| circulatedIn |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ Greek city-states ⓘ Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| currencyOf | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| denominationOf | Achaemenid coinage system ⓘ |
| depicts |
Persian king as archer
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royal hero with bow ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
other Classical Greek authors
ⓘ
writings of Herodotus ⓘ |
| economicSignificance |
key medium of exchange in Achaemenid economy
ⓘ
reference standard for value in Greek sources ⓘ |
| endTime |
4th century BCE
ⓘ
time of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| GreekName | δαρεικός (dareikos) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
obverse type with royal archer
ⓘ
reverse punch mark ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid period
|
| influenced |
Greek coinage
ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern monetary systems ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Darius I of Persia ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| material | gold ⓘ |
| metallicComposition | approximately 95–98% gold ⓘ |
| monetaryRole |
high-value coin
ⓘ
imperial trade coin ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Darius I of Persia ⓘ |
| purity | high-purity gold ⓘ |
| relatedTo | siglos (Achaemenid silver coin) ⓘ |
| replacedBy | gold staters of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| standardizedWeightSystem | Persian siglos–daric system ⓘ |
| startTime |
late 6th century BCE
ⓘ
reign of Darius I ⓘ |
| typeOf | bullion coin ⓘ |
| usedFor |
imperial taxation
ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ payment of troops ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
Ancient Near East ⓘ |
| weight | about 8.0–8.4 grams ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: daric Description of subject: The daric was a high-purity gold coin of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, widely used across its territories and influential in ancient Near Eastern and Greek economies.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
siglos