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{{Wiktionary|2=δραχμή}} |
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{{Short description|Former currency of Greece}} |
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{{redirect|Drachma|the moth genus|Drachma (moth)}} |
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} |
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'''Drachma''' may refer to: |
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{{Special characters}} |
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*[[Ancient drachma]], an ancient Greek currency |
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The '''drachma''' ({{lang-el|[[wikt:δραχμή|δραχμή]]}} {{IPA-el|ðraxˈmi|md}}, {{IPA-el|drakʰmέː|a}};{{refn|group=n|{{IPA-el|draːkʰmέː|}} is also attested.<ref name=LSJdrachme/>}} pl. ''drachmae'' or ''drachmas'') was the [[currency]] used in [[Greece]] during several periods in its history: |
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*[[Modern drachma]], a modern Greek currency |
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# An [[Ancient drachma|ancient Greek currency]] unit issued by many [[Greek city states]] during a period of ten centuries, from the [[Archaic Greece|Archaic period]] throughout the [[Classical Greece|Classical period]], the [[Hellenistic period]] up to the [[Roman Greece|Roman period]] under [[Roman provincial currency|Greek Imperial Coinage]]. |
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*Cretan drachma, currency of the [[Cretan State]] |
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# The [[modern drachma]]: a [[History of modern Greece|modern Greek]] currency, the first introduced in 1832 by the Greek [[Otto of Greece|King Otto]] ({{Lang|el|Όθων}}) and replaced by the [[euro]] in 2001 (at the rate of 340.75 drachmae to the euro). The euro did not begin circulating until 2001 but the exchange rate was fixed on 19 June 2000, with legal introduction of the euro taking place in January 2002.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} |
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*[[Drachma (moth)|''Drachma'' (moth)]], a moth genus |
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==See also== |
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It was also a [[Dram (unit)|small unit of weight]].<ref name=LSJdrachme>{{LSJ|draxmh/|δραχμή|ref}}.</ref> |
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*[[Dram (disambiguation)]] |
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*[[Dirham]] |
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{{disambiguation}} |
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==Notes== |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 16:38, 27 February 2024
Drachma may refer to:
- Ancient drachma, an ancient Greek currency
- Modern drachma, a modern Greek currency
- Cretan drachma, currency of the Cretan State
- Drachma (moth), a moth genus
See also
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