Denominations of silver drachma
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Denominations of silver drachma
The weight of the silver drachma was approximately 4.3 grams,[12] although weights varied significantly from one city-state to another. It was divided into six obols of 0.72 grams, which were subdivided into four tetartemoria of 0.18 grams, one of the smallest coins ever struck, approximately 5–7 mm in diameter
Dekadrachm | 10 drachmas | 43 grams | |
Tetradrachm | 4 drachmas | 17.2 grams | |
Didrachm | 2 drachmas | 8.6 grams | |
Drachma | 6 obols | 4.3 grams | |
Tetrobol | 4 obols | 2.85 grams | |
Triobol (hemidrachm) | 3 obols | 2.15 grams | |
Diobol | 2 obols | 1.43 grams | |
Obol | 4 tetartemorions | 0.72 grams | |
Tritartemorion | 3 tetartemorions | 0.54 grams | |
Hemiobol | 2 tetartemorions | 0.36 grams | |
Trihemitartemorion | 3/2 tetartemorions | 0.27 grams | |
Tetartemorion | 1/4 obol | 0.18 grams | |
Hemitartemorion | ½ tetartemorion | 0.09 grams |
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