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Message:: [QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3285382, member: 98035"]Inspired by the Denarii thread, let's see one for history's second longest-lived coin denomination, the Drachm! Drachms (from the Greek Drassomai, "To Grasp") were initially a 3-5g coin worth six obols, the number of bronze cooking spits the average man could hold in a closed fist. First introduced around 500 BC, they gained prominence with the rise of Athens, and became standardized at the Attic standard of 4.2 grams. Thanks to the dominance of the Seleucid Empire, the Drachm became the primary currency of the Parthians, and thereafter the Sassanians, Huns, early Muslims, and various Indian kingdoms. The last unambiguous minting of a Drachm was in about 14th century India, although it is a matter of scholarly debate whether the later Bull & Horseman coins would count, as the earliest Spalapati Deva types weigh as much as an Attic drachm. So, let's see your drachms, whether Greek, Roman provincial, Celtic, Eastern, or Indian! I'll get us started with a nice Alexander the Great, minted by Antigonus I Monophthalmus [ATTACH=full]868646[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]