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Ancient money card rejected by Her Majestic (6)

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I believe the answer is:

drachm

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'ancient money' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'card rejected by her majestic' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'card' is 'drac' which is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for drachm that I've seen before include "Old Greek weight" , "One eighth of a fluid ounce" , "Apothecaries' unit of weight" , "Old liquid measure" , "Fluid measure" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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