Definition of Tetradrachm. Meaning of Tetradrachm. Synonyms of Tetradrachm

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Definition of Tetradrachm

Tetradrachm
Tetradrachm Tet"ra*drachm, Tetradrachma Tet`ra*drach"ma, n. [NL. tetradrachma, fr. Gr. tetra`drachmon; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + drachmh` drachm, drachma.] A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms. Note: The Attic tetradrachm was equal to 3s. 3d. sterling, or about 76 cents.

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- Tetradrachm of Abdera Tetradrachm of Troy Tetradrachm of Kyme Tetradrachm of Rhegion Tetradrachm of Naxos Tetradrachm of Aetna, 5th C. BC Tetradrachm...
- Gr**** coins normally had distinctive names in daily use. The Athenian tetradrachm was called owl, the Aeginetic stater was called chelone, the Corinthian...
- used. Donald Wiseman suggests two possibilities. They could have been tetradrachms of Tyre, usually referred to as Tyrian shekels (14 grams of 94% silver)...
- made of silver, with the main currencies being the drachm and tetradrachm. The tetradrachm, which generally weighed around 16 g, was only minted in Seleucia...
- the common obverse of the Athenian tetradrachms after 510 BC and according to Philochorus, the Athenian tetradrachm was known as glaux (γλαύξ, little owl)...
- Tyrian shekels, tetradrachms, or tetradrachmas were coins of Tyre, which in the Roman Empire took on an unusual role as the medium of payment for the Temple...
- was based on a drachma of 4.3 g, but in practice the main coin was the tetradrachm of 17.2 g. Each drachma was divided into six obols of 0.72 g. It was...
- Top left: Silver tetradrachm of Volusi****. From Antioch. Top right: Coin of the usurper Uranius Antoninus. From Emesa. Bottom left: Coin of Elagabalus...
- attributes of Eirene on Roman Imperial coins. For example, the reverse of a tetradrachm of Vespasian from Alexandria, 70-71 AD, shows Eirene standing holding...
- Ptolemaic tetradrachm with the Eagle of Zeus, standing on a thunderbolt, on the obverse...