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Definition of Drachmae

Drachmae
Drachma Drach"ma, n.; pl. E. Drachmas, L. Drachm[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See Dram.] 1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents. 2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents. 3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.

Meaning of Drachmae from wikipedia

- Look up drachma or δραχμή in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Drachma may refer to: Ancient drachma, an ancient Gr**** currency Modern drachma, a modern...
- Greece, the drachma (Gr****: δραχμή, romanized: drachmḗ, [drakʰmέː]; pl. drachmae or drachmas) was an ancient currency unit issued by many city-states during...
- divided into three silver drachmae of 2.9 g (0.093 ozt), but was often linked to the Athenian silver didrachm (two drachmae) weighing 8.6 g (0.28 ozt)...
- 50 lepta (1914); 80 lepta (1923); 1 drachma, 2 drachmae (1919); 3 drachmae (1920); 5, 10 and 25 drachmae (1922). The 25 and 40 lepta and 1 drachma values...
- being 1:3000. An Attic talent was the equivalent of 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. An Attic weight talent was about 25.8 kilograms (57 lb). Friedrich Hultsch...
- common Roman currency. The 5th century BC Athenian tetradrachm ("four drachmae") coin was perhaps the most widely used coin in the Gr**** world before...
- 25 years, the official exchange rate gradually declined, reaching 400 drachmae per dollar. On 1 January 2002, the Gr**** drachma was officially replaced...
- as is the custom among the Egyptians. She asked that I give her 1,300 drachmae ... to clothe her ... and to provide her with a marriage dowry ... if she...
- that originated in Ancient Greece. It was nominally equivalent to four drachmae. Over time the tetradrachm effectively became the standard coin of the...
- handsome reward of 2,500 drachmae for bringing back the head of a free person on the list (a slave's head was worth 1,000 drachmae); the same rewards were...