See under "talent."[1] 100 drachmas make one m(i)na.[2]
A drachma [is] a weight of currency equal to 10 drachmas of silver.
A drachma [is] six obols.[3]
And Aristophanes [writes]: "spend three drachmas for me [to buy] a piglet." [This is said] in reference to those who are about to die or to be initiated [sc. into the Mysteries]; since the initiates used to sacrifice a small pig. The initiates were considered to be enrolling among the pious.[4]
And [there is] a proverb: "for a drachma he plays the pipes, but for four he stops." See under "Arabian messenger."[5]