Metric Tons to Attic Drachmas (t to drachma)

1 metric ton equals 229,042.6019 Attic drachmas (rounded).

1 metric ton = 229,042.6019 Attic drachmas

How to convert metric tons to Attic drachmas

To convert metric tons to Attic drachmas, multiply the number of metric tons by 229,042.6019. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply Attic drachmas by 0.000004366.

Attic drachmas = metric tons × 229,042.6019

Example: 10 metric tons = 2,290,426.019 Attic drachmas.

Approximate value. Standards for the Attic drachma varied by place and period, so this converter uses the most commonly cited value. Treat results as estimates, not exact figures.

About these units

Metric Ton (t)

Metric (SI)Current unit

1,000 kilograms (about 2,204.6 lb), also spelled tonne. Used for cargo, grain and vehicle weights outside the US.

Barrels gave the tonne its name. The word goes back to a Germanic root for a large cask, the tun, and a full tun could easily weigh around a tonne. In English this became ton; the spelling tonne has been used in France since 1842, where it replaced the older tonneau, and pre-metric French tonnes were 2,000 livres, about 979 kg. Once the metric system took hold, the tonne was fixed at 1,000 kilograms, which is the mass of roughly a cubic metre of water.

The unit is accepted for use with the SI, and its symbol is a lowercase t with no period. Because it sits close to the old English ton, the two get confused: the short ton used in the US is about 10 percent lighter than a tonne, while the long ton differs by less than 2 percent. NIST calls the unit the metric ton, and the spelling tonne is rare in the US. Very large quantities are stated in prefixed forms such as the megatonne, which equals a teragram. In explosives, a tonne of TNT is taken as about 4.2 gigajoules.

1 metric ton = 1,000 kilograms (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Tonne; Wikipedia: Ton; NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.8 (mass conversions)

Attic Drachma (drachma)

Ancient GreekHistorical unit (no longer in standard use)Approximate value

About 4.366 g of silver. The weight of the basic ancient Greek coin of the same name.

Greek drassomai means to grasp, and the drachma is usually explained as a handful. Early bullion money took the form of metal rods, and six of them made a fistful. When coins replaced the rods, the name stayed with the coin that stood for that handful. Cities minted drachmas to different weight standards, and the Athenian or Attic one became the most widespread. It is commonly put at a little over 4.3 grams of silver, and the figure used here, 4.366 grams, is one estimate within that range.

Surviving coins and weights depart noticeably from any theoretical value, so the true standard remains somewhat uncertain. Six obols made one drachma, and 100 drachmas made a mina. In the fifth and fourth centuries BC a skilled worker or soldier earned roughly one drachma a day. Athenian silver from the Laurion mines had a reputation for purity. A drachma weighs about as much as a modern teaspoon of sugar, roughly a seventh of an ounce, and its name was revived for Greece's national currency from 1833 until the euro arrived in 2002.

1 Attic drachma = 0.004366 kilograms (approximately).

Sources: Wikipedia: Ancient drachma; Wikipedia: Ancient Greek units of measurement; Wikipedia: Mina (unit)

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