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'''Drachma''' may refer to:
'''Drachma''', pl. ''drachmae''. The name of this unit of ] currency is derived from the verb "to grasp." It is the name of both:
#Modern Greek ], replaced by the ].
#Ancient currency unit found in many Greek city states and successor states.


*], an ancient Greek currency
The ] ] ''tetradrachm'' ("four drachmae") ] was the most widely used coin in the Greek world prior to ]. It featured the helmeted profile bust of ] on the obverse (front) and an owl on the reverse (back). The reverse is featured on the national side of the Greek 1 euro coin, see ].
*], a modern Greek currency
*Cretan drachma, currency of the ]
*], a moth genus


==See also==
:6 obols = 1 drachma
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:100 drachmae = 1 mina
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:6000 drachmae = 1 talent (Athenian standard)


{{disambiguation}}
The drachma was also used in ] in the ]. It is difficult to give even comparative values for money from before the ], due to vastly differing economies. Classical historians regularly say that in the late ] and early ], the daily wage for a laborer was one Drachma.

The ] unit of currency known as '']'' (in the ], &#1583;&#1585;&#1607;&#1605;), known from pre-]ic times and afterwards, is derived from the ancient drachma, via ].

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