δίδραχμος

A. priced at two drachms, Arist. Oec. 1353a17; δ. ὁπλῖται soldiers with pay of two drachms a day, Th. 3.[17].

II. weighing two drachms, ὁλκή Eudem. ap. Gal. 14.185.

III. δ. τόκος interest at two drachms per mina per month (24%), IG 5(1).1146.38 (Gythium, i B. C.), BGU 1126.17 (i B. C.).

IV. δίδραχμον,τό, coin of two drachms, IG 12.79, Arist. Ath. 10.7, etc.: esp. half-shekel, paid to the temple-treasury at Jerusalem, LXX Nu. 3.47, al. (freq. with v. l. δίδραγμον, q. v.), Ev.Matt. 17.24.