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In ancient Greece, it was generally reckoned as 1 ⁄ 6 drachma (c. 0.72 grams or 11 grains). [14] [15] Under Roman rule, it was defined as 1 ⁄ 48 Roman ounce or about 0.57 g (9 gr). [16] The apothecaries' system also reckoned the obol or obolus as 1 ⁄ 48 ounce or 1 ⁄ 2 scruple. While 0.72 grams was the weight of a standard Greek obol ...
The ancient drachma originated in Greece around the 6th century BC. [1] The coin, usually made of silver or sometimes gold [2] had its origins in a bartering system that referred to a drachma as a handful of wooden spits or arrows. [3] The drachma was unique to each city state that minted them, and were sometimes circulated all over the ...
Alternately the htamein was a 4.5 feet (1.4 m) long piece of cloth open at the front to reveal the calves, with a dark strip of cotton or velvet sewn on the upper edge, a patterned sheet of cloth in the middle and a strip of red or white cloth sewn below, trailing on the bottom like shorts train.
The Attic Greek drachma (δραχμή) was a weight of 6 obols, 1 ⁄ 100 Greek mina, or about 4.37 grams. [11] The Roman drachma was a weight of 1 ⁄ 96 Roman pounds, or about 3.41 grams. [12] [13] A coin weighing one drachma is known as a stater, drachm, or drachma.
On 1 May 1954, the drachma was revalued at a rate of 1,000 old drachmae to 1 new drachma, and small change notes were abolished for the last time. [6] The third drachma assumed a fixed exchange rate of 30 drachmae per dollar until 20 October 1973: over the next 25 years, the official exchange rate gradually declined, reaching 400 drachmae per ...
The God on the Winged Wheel coin, referred to in Levantine numismatics as the British Museum drachma, is a 4th-century BCE silver coin attributed by scholars to the Gaza mint, with a deity seated on a winged wheel. It is considered one of the most unique and enigmatic artifacts from the Abar-Nahara province of the Achaemenid Empire.
During the Pagan dynasty, while cotton was the most commonly used textile material, other imported textiles such as silk, satin, and velvet, were also used in Burmese clothing. [1] Trade with neighboring societies has been dated to the Pyu era, and certainly enriched the material culture, with imported textiles used for ritual and costume. [1]
Drachma may refer to: Ancient drachma, an ancient Greek currency; Modern drachma, a modern Greek currency; Cretan drachma, currency of the Cretan State;