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A gold coin current in Palestine after the return from Babylon. The Persian kings issued it; the obverse having the king with bow and javelin or dagger, the reverse a square; 128 grains troy. ; ; -72; , "drams" KJV. Derived from Darius the Mede, or else dara, "a king", the regal coin (compare our "crown".) The Greek drachma, our dram, is related.