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DRACHMA. The value of a common Drachm was seven pence English1, a Didrachm or two Drachms made very near half a shekel, and four Drachms a shekel. See above DIDRACHMA.
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Translators’ note. The Attick Drachm, says Dr. Arbuthnot, is commonly reputed equal in value to the Denarius, which he has stated in his Tables, at seven pence three farthings. See his Chapter of the Grecian Coins, p. 25. ↩
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