didrachm
[ dahy-dram ]
noun
a silver coin of ancient Greece equal to two drachmas.
Origin of didrachm
1- Also di·drach·ma [dahy-drak-muh]. /daɪˈdræk mə/.
Words Nearby didrachm
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How to use didrachm in a sentence
In Alexandrian accounts also the unit of money was the silver didrachm, and thus double that in use among the merchants of Greece.
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