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mnaeion

mnaeion noun: a Ptolemaic gold octadrachm.

Noun

mnaeion (plural mnaeia)

  1. (historical) A Ptolemaic gold octadrachm.
    • An extraordinary material reflection of close Ptolemaic-Seleucid relations was the gift, in 190 BCE or shortly thereafter, of a Ptolemaic gold mnaeion, the largest regularly minted gold issue in the Greek world, conveyed by some high Ptolemaic official to a similarly situated Seleucid counterpart...2021, Andrea M. Berlin, Paul J. Kosmin, The Middle Maccabees, page 151

Forms of mnaeion

pluralmnaeia

Questions about mnaeion

What does mnaeion mean?
Mnaeion means a Ptolemaic gold octadrachm.
What part of speech is mnaeion?
Mnaeion is a noun.
What is the plural of mnaeion?
The plural of mnaeion is mnaeia.

Words near mnaeion in the dictionary

  1. mn
  2. mn.
  3. mna
  4. mnae
  5. mnaeia
  6. mnaeion
  7. mnai
  8. Mnangagwa
  9. MNAR
  10. mnas
  11. mnation

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