tridrachmn.
/ˈtrʌɪdram/ Ancient Greek History.
A silver coin of ancient Greece, of the value of three drachms: see drachm n. 1.
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drachmc1384
mnamc1400
dramc1440
mina1495
groat1526
didrachm1548
drachma1579
obolus1579
tetradrachm1579
obole1598
philippic1651
stater1685
tetrobol1693
tridrachm1771
pentadrachm1827
triobol1837
octadrachm1848
decadrachm1856
lepton1877
dodecadrachm1881
diobol1887
trihemiobol1887
distater1895
hemiobol1921
1771 M. Raper in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 469 Their larger Coins above the Drachm were, the Didrachm, the Tridrachm, and the Tetradrachm.
1827 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca (ed. 2) v. xxvi. 550 3 dr[achmæ] or tridrachm, 1/11¼.
1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Drachma Among those [silver coins] now preserved, the tetradrachm is commonly found; but we possess no specimens of the tridrachm, and only a few of the didrachm.
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