Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A silver coin of ancient Greece, of the value of four drachmas. See
drachma .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms.
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- noun A
silver coin inAncient Greece , equivalent to fourdrachms .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A rare tetradrachm from Gela, estimated at $1500 and previously sold at $2000, was snapped up by a lucky (or astute) bidder for $901.
The ACCG Benefit Auction nets $45,811 in active bidding. : Coin Collecting News 2008
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A tetradrachm of Tranquillina sold for $301 at double the estimate.
The ACCG Benefit Auction nets $45,811 in active bidding. : Coin Collecting News 2008
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Roman tetradrachm and denarius coins restamped by Jewish rebels
Artifact 2010
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A rare tetradrachm from Gela, estimated at $1500 and previously sold at $2000, was snapped up by a lucky or astute bidder for $901.
The ACCG Benefit Auction nets $45,811 in active bidding. : Coin Collecting News 2008
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A tetradrachm of Tranquillina sold for $301 at double the estimate.
The ACCG Benefit Auction nets $45,811 in active bidding. : Coin Collecting News 2008
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All things Greek, including information about Aitna tetradrachm, the world's most valuable coin.
Hellenica tellurian 2007
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All things Greek, including information about Aitna tetradrachm, the world's most valuable coin.
Archive 2007-10-01 tellurian 2007
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Mr.W. E. Hayns, of the Numismatic Society, came to the conclusion that it is a barbaric Midianitish imitation of the Greek tetradrachm, which in those days had universal currency, like the shilling and the franc.
The Land of Midian 2003
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The tetradrachm may belong to the reign of Alexander the Great, or the ages preceding it.
The Land of Midian 2003
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For me, they were Lysimachus I's "divine Alexander" tetradrachm, a work of art that is probably an accurate portrait of Alexander the Great (except for the horns of divinity), and the crusader coins, crude though they are, that incorporate Arabic inscriptions with the Christian cross, in recognition of the more sophisticated Arab civilization of that time.
chained_bear commented on the word tetradrachm
"'These are the twin heads of Alexander,' Mayer said, touching the coin with reverence. 'Very rare indeed. It is a tetradrachm, struck to commemorate the battle fought at Amphipolos, and the founding of a city on the site of the battlefield.'"
—Diana Gabaldon, Voyager (NY: Dell, 1994), 618
January 17, 2010