didrachm

[ dahy-dram ]

noun
  1. a silver coin of ancient Greece equal to two drachmas.

Origin of didrachm

1
1540–50; <Late Latin didrāchmon<Greek dídrachmon worth two drachms. See di-1, drachma
  • Also di·drach·ma [dahy-drak-muh]. /daɪˈdræk mə/.

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