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Definition of Tetradrachms

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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- related to Tetradrachm. Look up tetradrachm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pictures of Athenian tetradrachms (archive) Tetradrachms from Sicily...
- not current shekels, but tetradrachms of the Attic standard of the Gr**** cities of Syria and Phoencia. These tetradrachms were common at the time of...
- 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...
- War (398-393 BC). This coinage consisted solely of Attic weight silver tetradrachms (17.26 g), known as Series I (c. 410-390 BC), containing five separate...
- for the identity of the coins used to pay Judas. They may have been tetradrachms of Tyre, usually referred to as Tyrian shekels (about 1.38 troy ounces)...
- the common obverse of the Athenian tetradrachms after 510 BC and according to Philochorus, the Athenian tetradrachm was known as glaux (γλαύξ, little owl)...
- 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...
- tetradrachms), Thrace (3 tetradrachms), Bithynia (7 tetradrachms), Seleucids (76 tetradrachms), Arsacids (161 tetradrachms) and Pontus (1 tetradrachm)...
- contributed to their success as the premier trade coin of their era. Tetradrachms on this weight standard continued to be a widely used coin (often the...
- the main coinage of the empire. Alexander minted gold staters, silver tetradrachms and drachims, and various fractional bronze coins. The types of these...