drachmae
Ancient Athenian money
Drachmae is a plural of drachma, the currency of ancient Greece and modern Greece until the euro replaced it in 2002.
The word appears most often in historical or classical contexts: The philosopher was fined fifty drachmae.
The plural drachmas is more common in contemporary usage.
Greece's capital city
- HellenicOf Greek origin
- agoraGreek civic square
- talentInborn aptitude
- AthenianAncient Greek city-dweller
coinage · owl · Aegean · Corinth · Macedon · tribute · Peloponnesian · city-state
Currency for transactions
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- denominationNamed religious group
- valueImportance or price
- purchasingAcquiring through payment
payment · transaction · conversion · rate · euro · modern · Greek · banknote
Athens
Greece's capital city
Athenian · coinage · owl · Aegean · Corinth · Macedon · tribute · Peloponnesian · city-state · mina
money
Currency for transactions
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- denominationNamed religious group
- valueImportance or price
purchasing · payment · transaction · conversion · rate · euro · modern · Greek · banknote · inflation
coin
Stamped metal currency
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- obverseFront of coin
reverse · specimen · hoard · patina · artifact · engraving · die · strike · denomination · alloy
- Greek coinslepton, silver coinage, electrum, silver coins, bronze coins
drachmaeeuros
Shared continental currency units
euro · modern currency · common currency · digital currency · cryptocurrency