Silberstaterder süditalischen Kolonie Terina um 380 v. Chr.

Coins and weights in ancient Greece were divided into talent, mina, drachma, and obolo. They had the following relationships:

1 talent 60 mina
1 mina 100 drachma
1 stater 2 drachma
1 drachma 6 obolus

The drachma were divided into these smaller units:
Decadrachm = 10 drachma
Tetradrachm = 4 drachma
Didrachm = stater = 2 drachma
The obolo (or obolus) is divided up to the 1/8-obolo. The obolus was the sum that one used for charitable deeds.

Around the middle of the
5th century BC, the great
Athenian statesman,
Pericles introduced the
salaried military, salaried
government workers and
parliamentary pay.

Drachme aus Naxos um 510-490 v. Chr. geprägt, mit dem Kopf des Dionysos

For their office these workers recieved daily:

Mayor 1 drachma
Judge 3 obolus
Member of Parliament 1 drachma