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Definition of Drachmas
1. drachma [n] - See also: drachma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drachmas
Literary usage of Drachmas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"The revenue in 1900 was 112206,- 849 drachmas, and expenditure ... drachmas,
allowances 103800 drachmas, various obligations 185000 drachmas, the civil list ..."
2. The Slave Systems of Greek and Roman Antiquity by William Linn Westermann (1984)
"the price was 700 silver drachmas (= 175 denarii).1" A slave woman was sold for
1000 silver drachmas lie a female slave aged about twenty-four, ..."
3. The Southern Review (1832)
"In the Acropolis of A- thens there were "olden crowns of 17J, 18i, of 20, and 25
drachmas or rather more ; also another of 26£ ; four of which the joint ..."
4. A History of Modern Banks of Issue: With an Account of the Economic Crises by Charles Arthur Conant (1896)
"... drachmas in circulating notes, 7000000 drachmas in small notes, ... drachmas in
deposits and current accounts, 11500000 drachmas on account of reserve ..."
5. The Public Economy of Athens: To which is Added, A Dissertation on the by August Boeckh, George Cornewall Lewis (1842)
"A crown, which the celebrated Lysander sent as a sacred offering to the Parthenon
of Athens, weighed 66 drachmas 5 oboli. Two crowns, honorary gifts to ..."
6. Greece Under King George by Roandeu Albert Henry Bickford-Smith (1893)
"... with 45000 drachmas, or about 5000 drachmas per head per annum ; The Angels (near
Athens), with 77000 drachmas, or about 3080 drachmas per head per ..."
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