didrachm

[ dahy-dram ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of didrachm¹

1540–50; < Late Latin didrāchmon < Greek dídrachmon worth two drachms. See di- ¹, drachma

Example Sentences

From St Peter's answering without hesitation that his master would pay the didrachm, it is clear that there was no difficulty about producing the small sum.

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