Greek and Roman drachm are related by the approximate ratio 25 : 32 ~ ℨ
ℨ
The dram (archaic spelling drachm; apothecary symbol ℨ) was historically both a coin and a weight.
Modern unit of mass
In the avoirdupois system, the dram is the mass of
1⁄256 pound or
1⁄16 ounce.
So the dram weighs 875⁄32 grains or exactly 1.771 845 195 3125 grams.
The dram (symbol: ʒ) is also the mass of 1⁄96 pound (℔) or 1⁄8 ounce (℥) in the apothecaries' system that survived until the middle of the 20th century in English-speaking countries. It is equal to 3 scruples (℈) or 60 grains (G). Thus, it is equal to exactly 3.887 9346 grams.
Unit of volume
The fluid dram is defined as 1⁄8 of a fluid ounce, which means it is exactly equal to
In the United Kingdom, a teaspoon was formerly defined as 3/2 fluid dram.
Dram is also used informally to mean a small amount of liquid, especially Scotch whisky.
MINA
The mina (also mna, Ancient Greek μνᾶ) is an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight equivalent to 50 shekels. The mina, like the shekel, was also a unit of currency; in ancient Greece it was equal to 100 drachmae. The Greek word mna was borrowed from Semitic; compare Hebrew māneh, Aramaic mĕnē, Syriac manyā, Ugaritic mn, and Akkadian manū.
From earliest Sumerian times, a mina was a unit of weight. At first, talents and shekels had not yet been introduced. By the time of Ur-Nammu, the mina had a value of 1/60 talents as well as 60 shekels. The value of the mina is calculated at 1.25 pounds
Ezekiel refers to a mina ('maneh' in the King James Version) as sixty shekels[4].Jesus Christ tells the "parable of the ten minas" in Luke 19:11-27.
From the Akkadian period, 2 mina was equal to 1 sila of watermna μνᾶman μᾶν
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Mina of Chios. |
Mina of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. |
Mina of Antioch. |