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Dichalcon

δίχαλκον

Dichalcon (δίχαλκον), a double chalcus [CHALCUS], a small copper Greek coin, equal to one-fourth of an obolus. (Pollux, 9.65; Anth. Pal. 11.165; Vitr. 3.1; cf. Plin. Nat. 21.185.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.