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Definition of Didrachm
1. n. A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.
Definition of Didrachm
1. a double drachma [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Didrachm
Literary usage of Didrachm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Numismatic Circularby Spink & Son by Spink & Son (1908)
"^R. didrachm. Obv. Helmeted head of Pallas, to г.; helmet adorned with ... Ж.
didrachm. Obv. Head of Pallas, to r., wearing crested Athenian helmet, ..."
2. An Essay on Greek Federal Coinage by John Byrne Leicester Warren (1863)
"2 CoL Leake publishes from the Paris National Collection (Num. Hell. Europe, p.
164) another perfectly analogous didrachm of ..."
3. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"This stater wai з of 184-f- grains, and equivalent to a didrachm of the ...
Thus far the stater is always a didrachm. In silver, however, the term 't ..."