drachmae

[22] This sum of twelve millions of drachmae, which is equal to three millions of shekels, i.e. at 2s. 10d. a shekel, equal to four hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds sterling, was Agrippa the Great's yearly income, or about three quarters of his grandfather Herod's income; he having abated the tax upon houses at Jerusalem, ch.

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

But the next time you go to Europe, don't be surprised if you see the drachmae and the lira back again with a new lease on life.

Jeffrey Rubin: No Way to Hold Eurozone Together Jeffrey Rubin 2011

But the next time you go to Europe, don't be surprised if you see the drachmae and the lira back again with a new lease on life.

Jeffrey Rubin: No Way to Hold Eurozone Together Jeffrey Rubin 2011

Pompey had laid out open chests on glistening display that morning which contained seventy-five million silver drachmae: more than the annual tax revenue of the entire Roman world.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

Trumpeters, lyre players, and flutists, as well as comic and tragic actors, received 3,000 drachmae.

The Augustan Games of Naples 2008

Contestants were given an allowance of 1 drachma per day beginning 30 days before the competition, which was raised to 2 � drachmae for boys and 3 for men in the days just before the games.

The Augustan Games of Naples 2008

A small Chian coin of which the exact value is unknown: if it amounted to 1/40th of the gold stater (20 drachmae) it would be worth 3 obols, 4d.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Plus proficiet gutta mea, quam tot eorum drachmae et unciae.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Harpocr. s.v., it was 12 drachmae per annum for a male and 6 drachmae for a female.

Ways and Means 2007

When the news reached the Corinthians that Epidamnus was besieged, they equipped an army and proclaimed that a colony was to be sent thither; all who wished might go and enjoy equal rights of citizenship; but any one who was unwilling to sail at once might remain at Corinth, and, if he made a deposit of fifty Corinthian drachmae, might still have a share in the colony. 28

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007