tridrachm Gr. Antiq.
(ˈtraɪdræm)
[ad. Gr. τρίδραχµον, f. τρι- tri- + δραχµή drachm.]
A silver coin of ancient Greece, of the value of three drachms: see drachm 1.
| 1771 Raper in Phil. Trans. LXI. 469 Their larger Coins above the Drachm were, the Didrachm, the Tridrachm, and the Tetradrachm. 1827 Robinson Archæol. Græca v. xxvi. (ed. 2) 550, 3 dr[achmæ] or tridrachm, 1/111/4. 1842 Smith's Dict. Grk. & Rom. Antiq. s.v. 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. |