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Definition of Tetradrachmas

Tetradrachma
Tetradrachm Tet"ra*drachm, Tetradrachma Tet`ra*drach"ma, n. [NL. tetradrachma, fr. Gr. tetra`drachmon; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + drachmh` drachm, drachma.] A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms. Note: The Attic tetradrachm was equal to 3s. 3d. sterling, or about 76 cents.

Meaning of Tetradrachmas from wikipedia

- The tetradrachm (‹See Tfd›Gr****: τετράδραχμον, translit. tetrádrachmon) was a large silver coin that originated in Ancient Greece. It was nominally equivalent...
- Tyrian shekels, tetradrachms, or tetradrachmas were coins of Tyre. They also bore the Gr**** inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (Týrou hierâs kai asýlou...
- On a Tetradrachma of Athens, struck c. 490 BC, the head of Athena, (left), is regarded as the obverse because of its larger scale and because it is a portrait...
- was copied from the head of Arethusa by Cimon, depicted on Syracusan tetradrachmas. According to ****d evidence from Thessaly, this coinage was produced...
- placed on a base of slabs, they served as the basis for the statue. Tetradrachmas of Demetrios Poliorcetes struck between 301 and 292 BC. representing...
- marked his coins with imagery ****ociated with the Rider: the obverse of tetradrachmas featured a horseman; the obverse of drachmas featured a horse; the obverse...
- ****d which included 149 Nabataean drachmas, 51 imperial dinars and 33 tetradrachmas of Trajan. Most of the coins were minted in Antioch. The spindle whorls...
- (100,000 kg) of silver, 2,103 pounds (954 kg) of gold, 127,000 Attic tetradrachmas, 16,320 gold philippics and 250,000 Attalid coins. The loot taken during...
- beginning of the 3rd century BC. The money here was silver drachma and tetradrachma on behalf of Alexander the Great, minted in Syria, Mesopotamia and Asia...
- Акад. наук Таджик. ССР Davidovitch, E. A. (1984), "The First ****d of tetradrachmas of the Kuṣāṇa "Heraios"", Hecataeus (in German), pp. 147–177 Waugh,...