1.properly, a handful, like δράγμα:—an Attic weight, a drachm, weighing about 66 1/2 grains, the Aeginetan being = 2/3 Attic.
2.an Attic silver coin, a drachma, worth 6 obols, i. e. 9 3/4 d., nearly = Roman denarius and Fr. franc, Hdt., etc.
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