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  2. Ancient drachma - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Commemorative coins of Greece - Wikipedia

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    In 1970 the Greek junta regime issued a number of commemorative coins with the coup d'état of 1967 as a topic. 50 drachmas, silver and copper, phoenix, soldier, 21 April 1967; 100 drachmas, silver and copper, phoenix, soldier, 21 April 1967; 20 drachmas, gold and copper, phoenix, soldier, 21 April 1967

  4. Ancient Greek coinage - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Obol (coin) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Drachma - Wikipedia

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    Drachma may refer to: Ancient drachma, an ancient Greek currency; Modern drachma, a modern Greek currency; Cretan drachma, currency of the Cretan State;

  7. Tetradrachm - Wikipedia

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    The tetradrachm (Ancient Greek: τετράδραχμον, romanized: tetrádrachmon) was a large silver coin that originated in Ancient Greece. It was nominally equivalent to four drachmae . [ 1 ] Over time the tetradrachm effectively became the standard coin of the Antiquity , spreading well beyond the borders of the Greek World.

  8. Charon's obol - Wikipedia

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    The coin for Charon is conventionally referred to in Greek literature as an obolós (ὀβολός), one of the basic denominations of ancient Greek coinage, worth one-sixth of a drachma. [7] Among the Greeks, coins in actual burials are sometimes also a danakē ( δανάκη ) or other relatively small-denomination gold , silver , bronze or ...

  9. List of ancient Greek monetary standards - Wikipedia

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    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 ...