An ancient Greek or Roman coin or weight unit worth or weighing ten drachmas.
From Greek 'deca-' (ten) + 'drachma' (an ancient Greek silver coin and weight unit). This noun combines the ten prefix with the specific Greek monetary unit to describe a coin worth exactly ten drachmas.
In ancient Greece and Rome, the decadrachm was like having a hundred-dollar bill today—it was valuable enough that few people owned one, making it a status symbol and historically significant for studying ancient wealth and trade.
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