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The drachma was the standard unit of silver coinage at most ancient Greek mints, and the name obol was used to describe a coin that was one-sixth of a drachma. [2] The notion that drachma derived from the word for fistful was recorded by Herakleides of Pontos (387–312 BC) who was informed by the priests of Heraion that Pheidon , king of Argos ...
The three most important standards of the ancient Greek monetary system were the Attic standard, based on the Athenian drachma of 4.3 grams (2.8 pennyweights) of silver, the Corinthian standard based on the stater of 8.6 g (5.5 dwt) of silver, that was subdivided into three silver drachmas of 2.9 g (1.9 dwt), and the Aeginetan stater or didrachm of 12.2 g (7.8 dwt), based on a drachma of 6.1 g ...
₯ drachma sign. A currency symbol consisting of a cursive delta and rho was created in 1999, but was never used in practice. [13] It has been included in Unicode since version 3.0 as U+20AF ₯ DRACHMA SIGN. This character should not be confused with the Attic numeral, U+10142 ł GREEK ACROPHONIC ATTIC ONE DRACHMA, representing the ancient ...
Ancient drachma, an ancient Greek currency; Modern drachma, a modern Greek currency; Cretan drachma, currency of the Cretan State; Drachma, a moth genus; See also
The obol [12] or obolus [13] was also a measurement of Greek, Roman, and apothecaries' weight. In ancient Greece, it was generally reckoned as 1 ⁄ 6 drachma (c. 0.72 grams or 11 grains). [14] [15] Under Roman rule, it was defined as 1 ⁄ 48 Roman ounce or about 0.57 g (9 gr). [16]
Specific numeral symbols were used to represent one drachma ("𐅂") and ten minas "𐅗". The symbol for 100 The use of "Η" (capital eta ) for 100 reflects the early date of this numbering system.
The Attic Greek drachma (δραχμή) was a weight of 6 obols, 1 ⁄ 100 Greek mina, or about 4.37 grams. [11] The Roman drachma was a weight of 1 ⁄ 96 Roman pounds, or about 3.41 grams. [12] [13] A coin weighing one drachma is known as a stater, drachm, or drachma.
The Aeginetan standard, based on the coinage issued by Aegina had a stater of 12.4 g, which was divided into a half-stater or drachma of 6.2 g, a quarter-stater of 3.1 g, and twelve obols of 1.0 g each. [2] [1] This was the main trading standard in the Greek world in the Late Archaic period. In the second half of the sixth century BC, the ...