tetradrachmon

English

Noun

tetradrachmon (plural tetradrachma or tetradrachmons)

1. Alternative form of tetradrachm
   • 1793, Thomas Wilson, “Grecian Coins, with their Value in English Money”, in An Archæological Dictionary; or, Classical Antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans, Alphabetically Arranged: […], 2nd edition, London: […] D. Ogilvy, […], column 1:

     Of the above coins, the drachma, didrachmon, tetradrachmon or ſtater and the pentadrachmon were of ſilver, the reſt for the moſt part of braſs.

   • 1856, William Martin Leake, “European Greece”, in Numismata Hellenica: a Catalogue of Greek Coins, […], London: John Murray, […], section I, subsection “ATHENÆ Atticæ”, page 22:

     In enlarging the tetradrachmon, however, the Athenians degraded the Solonian standard of the drachma, although it had been confirmed at the time of the reforms which accompanied or followed the Archonship of Eucleides, b. c. 403. On examining the table of weights in the Hunter Collection, in which there are more than 100 tetradrachma, we may observe, that all the old tetradrachma weigh more than 260 grains, or more than 65 grains to the drachma on an average, and that all the broad or later tetradrachma are below 260.

   • 1966, L[yon] Sprague de Camp, “Babylonia”, in An Elephant for Aristotle, London: Dennis Dobson, page 197:

     Sure enough, it was full of shiny didrachmons, tetradrachmons, and even some massy dekadrachmons.

   • 2002 January 18, Mila Andre, “Museo Drive: Fed exhibit makes the world go ’round”, in Daily News, New York, N.Y., page 71:

     At right, a third-century B.C. silver tetradrachmon depicts Alexander the Great.