Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.55

c9.55

*drachma*, Greek silver coin; equal to 6 obols; Attic standard 67 grains, but the Indo-Greek standard was soon modified, their coins of 37 or 38 grains being called *drachma* or *hemi-drachma* by different scholars; origin of the Indian coin name *dramma* (q.v.).