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Pacheia

or "Heavy drachm," the term given by the Athenians to the Aeginetan Drachm, which weighed about two grammes more than their own. This name has also been applied to Di- drachms in contradistinction to the Drachms.


Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)
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