Athenian drachma

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ancient Greek silver coin currency

The Athenian drachma was an influential ancient Greek silver coin that became a dominant trade currency throughout the Mediterranean world.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Athenian drachma canonical	6
Athenian didrachm	1
Athenian monetary system	1
Athenian owl drachma	1
Athenian silver drachma	1
Athenian tetradrachm	1
Attic drachma (weight)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek silver coin ⓘ currency ⓘ
approximateWeight	about 4.3 grams of silver ⓘ
associatedWith	Athenian democracy ⓘ Delian League ⓘ surface form: Delian League tribute system
category	ancient Greek numismatics ⓘ
circulatedIn	Aegean Sea ⓘ surface form: Aegean Sea region Black Sea ⓘ surface form: Black Sea region Mediterranean world ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
denominationSystem	Athenian (Attic) monetary system ⓘ
economicRole	dominant trade currency in eastern Mediterranean ⓘ reference currency for exchange rates in antiquity ⓘ
historicalImportance	helped facilitate Athenian maritime trade empire ⓘ widely imitated by other mints ⓘ
iconography	symbols of Athena and her owl ⓘ
influenced	Hellenistic coinage standards ⓘ other Greek city-state coinages ⓘ
inscription	ΑΘΕ (abbreviation of Athēnaiōn) ⓘ
issuingAuthority	polis of Athens ⓘ
languageOfInscription	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legalTenderIn	Athenian polis and its territories ⓘ
material	silver ⓘ
mediumOfExchange	silver coinage ⓘ
metal	silver ⓘ
mintedAt	Athens Mint ⓘ
monetarySystem	Greek drachma system ⓘ
obverseDesign	head of Athena ⓘ
region	Attica ⓘ
relatedCurrency	Athenian obol ⓘ Athenian drachma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Athenian tetradrachm
reverseDesign	crescent ⓘ olive sprig ⓘ Athena ⓘ surface form: owl of Athena
standard	Attic weight standard ⓘ
subunitOf	Athenian tetradrachm ⓘ
timePeriod	4th century BCE ⓘ 5th century BCE ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ surface form: Classical period of ancient Greece
usedFor	mercenary wages ⓘ payments ⓘ trade ⓘ tribute payments in the Delian League ⓘ
usedIn	Classical Athens ⓘ
valueRelativeTo	1⁄4 of an Athenian tetradrachm ⓘ 6 Athenian obols ⓘ
weightSystem	Attic weight system ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Classical Athens → currency → Athenian drachma ⓘ

Athenian drachma → relatedCurrency → Athenian drachma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian tetradrachm

Athens Mint → currencyProduced → Athenian drachma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian silver drachma

polis of Athens → currency → Athenian drachma ⓘ

ΑΘΕ (abbreviation of Athēnaiōn) → usedOn → Athenian drachma ⓘ

subject surface form: ΑΘΕ

Attic weight system → standardUnit → Athenian drachma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attic drachma (weight)

Athenian obol → partOf → Athenian drachma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian monetary system

Athenian obol → subunitOf → Athenian drachma ⓘ

Athenian obol → largerUnit → Athenian drachma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian didrachm

Mint of Athens → coinTypeProduced → Athenian drachma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian owl drachma

Athens and Sparta → currency → Athenian drachma ⓘ

subject surface form: Athens