An alternative spelling of drachma, the ancient Greek coin or unit of weight, sometimes used in older English texts and other languages.
A variant spelling of drachma, representing how different languages and historical periods spelled the Greek word differently. This form appears in older English manuscripts and in Romance language versions of the classical term.
Variant spellings like 'dracma' and 'drachma' in old texts show how scribes and translators made different choices about representing Greek sounds in Latin letters—there's no single 'correct' way!
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