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I'd say, 'I need 20 million drachmae by next Wednesday.'

From Time Magazine Archive

To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is a talent worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

Or else the bes is divided into sixteen semunciae, of which each is divided into four drachmae, and each drachma into four pfennige.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Another way is to take two unciae of prepared ore, five drachmae of roasted copper, one uncia of glass, or glass-galls reduced to powder, a semi-uncia of salt, and mix them.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The total annual value of the products of the Greek forests averages 15,000,000 drachmae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various