drachmas in English

noun
1
the basic monetary unit of Greece (until the introduction of the euro), notionally equal to 100 lepta.
Although we were told that the price of living here had become much more expensive since the euro replaced the drachma , it still seemed pretty cheap to us - especially eating out.
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1. 24 After they arrived in Ca·perʹna·um, the men collecting the two drachmas tax approached Peter and said: “Does your teacher not pay the two drachmas tax?”

2. 24 After they arrived in Ca·perʹna·um, the men collecting the two drachmas* tax approached Peter and said: “Does your teacher not pay the two drachmas tax?”

3. You want an overnight shipment to Hades, that will be 250 drachmas.

4. Rhodes – in 1992 EOT set the price of admission tickets at 1 500 drachmas.

5. A special set of postage stamps were commissioned; the sale of which raised 400,000 drachmas.

6. + The governor* gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas,* 50 bowls, and 530 priests’ robes.

7. Equivalent to four drachmas, it amounted to about four days’ wages at that time.

8. Six Indian-standard silver drachmas were discovered at Ai-Khanoum in 1970, which depict Hindu deities.

9. * 72 And the rest of the people gave 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver miʹnas, and 67 priests’ robes.

10. According to their Ability they gave to the treasury for the work 61,000 gold drachmas and 5,000 silver minas and 100 priestly garments

11. + 69 According to their means, they gave to the project treasury 61,000 gold drachmas,* 5,000 silver miʹnas,*+ and 100 robes for the priests.