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A silver coin of ancient Greece, of the value of two drachmæ. See drachma. Their [earlier coins of Corcyra's] reverse-type is, in the case of didrachms, two figures of square or oblong shape, whereof one has in the midst a small square and the other a small rhombus or lozenge. Numis. Chron., 3d ser., I. 6. Before the age of Solon, Aeginetan didrachms averaging about 194 grs. would seem to have been the only money current in Attica as in Bœotia and Peloponnesus. B. V. Head, Historia Numorum, Int., p. xlii.

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It is interesting to find that the inquiry was made of Peter and not directly of Jesus; this circumstance may be indicative of the respect in which the Lord was held by the people at large, and may suggest the possibility of doubt in the collector's mind as to whether Jesus was amenable to the tax, since priests and rabbis generally claimed exemption The annual capitation tax here referred to amounted to half a shekel or a didrachm, corresponding to about thirty-three cents in our money; and this had been required of every male adult in Israel since the days of the exodus; though, during the period of captivity the requirement had been modified. — Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
The Jews who by their own law were of old required to pay half a shekel, or a didrachm, to the service of their temple, had on their conquest been made to pay that sum as a yearly tribute to the Ptolemies, and afterwards to the emperors. — History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 11 (of 12)
In Alexandrian accounts also the unit of money was the silver didrachm, and thus double that in use among the merchants of Greece Illustration: 142.jpg COIN WITH THE HEADS OF SOTER, PHILADELPHUS AND BERENICE Among the coins is one with the heads of Soter and Philadelphus on the one side, and the head of Berenicę, the wife of the one and mother of the other, on the other side. — History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12)
The coin is a silver didrachm, bearing on one side a head of — The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing
a didrachm, corresponding to about thirty-three cents in our money; and this had been required of every male adult in Israel since the days of the exodus; though, during the period of captivity the requirement had been modified. [ — Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern

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from didrachma, q. v.

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