didrachm

didrachm
/duy"dram'/, n.
a silver coin of ancient Greece equal to two drachmas.
Also, didrachma /duy drak"meuh/.
[1540-50; < LL didrachmon < Gk dídrachmon worth two drachms. See DI-1, DRACHMA]

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