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didrachm|ˈdaɪdræm|
Also 6 didragme, didramme, 6–7 didrachme, didram.
[ad. L. dīdrachma or didrachmon, Gr. δίδραχµον a double drachma; f. δι- di-2 + δραχµή drachma. Cf. mod.F. didrachme.]
An ancient Greek silver coin, of the value of two drachmæ: see drachma.
1548Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. Matt. xvii. 24 Doth your master (quoth they) pay a Didram for trybute? 1582N. T. (Rhem.) Matt. xvii. 24 Your maister doth he not pay the didrachmes? 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. xiv. 45 A Sicle or didrachme the fourth part of an ounce of Silver. 1656Blount Glossogr., Didram..an ancient coyn..of our money, it values 15d. 1807Robinson Archæol. Græca v. xxvi. 550, 2 drachmæ or didrachm = 1s. 3½d. 1879H. Phillips Notes Coins 8 A didrachm of Velia in Lucania presents on the reverse a lion destroying a stag. |