- pre-Islamic
times and afterwards,
inherited its name from the
drachma or
didrachm (δίδραχμον, 2 drachmae); the
dirham is
still the name of the
official currencies...
- A
didrachm coin
depicting the
winged Talos, an
automaton or
artificial being in
ancient Gr**** myth, c. 300 BC...
-
Theseus and the
Minotaur was
frequently represented in Gr**** art. A
Knossian didrachm exhibits on one side the labyrinth, on the
other the
Minotaur surrounded...
- Tarquinia,
Italy Gorgoneion in
Pompeiian wall
fresco Gorgon head,
silver didrachm issued by Athens, c. 520 BC A
Roman floor mosaic from
Palencia Gorgon Medusa...
- to four drachmae. In
Athens it
replaced the
earlier "heraldic" type of
didrachms and it was in wide
circulation from c. 510 to c. 38 BC. The
silver tetradrachm...
- animal,
possibly a wolf,
nursing a
single infant. By 269 BC, the
silver didrachm is the
earliest depiction of the
complete icon, with the characteristic...
-
subdivided into
three silver drachmas of 2.9 grams, and the
Aeginetan stater or
didrachm of 12.2 grams,
based on a
drachma of 6.1 grams. The word drachm(a) means...
-
Didrachm from Ephesus, Ionia,
representing the
goddess Artemis...
-
Didrachm of Athens, 545–510 BC Obv: Four-spoked
wheel Rev:
Incuse square,
divided diagonally Silver didrachm of
Athens of
heraldic type from the time of...
-
drachmae of 2.9 g (0.10 oz), but was
often linked to the
Athenian silver didrachm (two drachmae)
weighing 8.6 g (0.30 oz). In comparison, the
Athenian silver...