Ancient Unit of Mass
- The Attic Greek drachma was a weight of 6 obols, 1⁄100 Greek mina, or about 4.37 grams.
- The Roman drachma was a weight of 1⁄96 Roman pounds, or about 3.41 grams.
The Ottoman dirhem was based on the Sassanian drachm, which was itself based on the Roman dram/drachm. Modern Armenian drams, the currency of the Republic of Armenia, share this origin.
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