Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezra 8:27

"and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold." — Ezra 8:27 (ASV)

A thousand drams. — Darics, and therefore the whole worth rather more than a thousand guineas.

Fine copper. —Probably the Roman Orichalcum, a metal very highly valued.