Τρίτον ἡμίδραχμον

third half-drachma

Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

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This is the name the ancients customarily gave to two and half drachmas.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τρίτον ἡμίδραχμον· τὰς δύο ἥμισυ δραχμὰς οὕτως εἰώθασιν ὀνομάζειν οἱ παλαιοί.

Betacode

*tri/ton h(mi/draxmon: ta\s du/o h(/misu draxma\s ou(/tws ei)w/qasin o)noma/zein oi( palaioi/.

Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., glossing Dinarchus fr. VIII.5 Conomis.

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