Jastrow: דַּרְכּוֹן

דַּרְכּוֹן m. (late b. h. , 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׳ דאינונ וכ׳ (Var. דַּרְכְּמוֹנוֹמ) ‘Darics which are’—and 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).