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Attic drachma accounting — Athenian, Alexandrine and Bactrian traditions

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The Athenian treasury account records principal and interest in talents, drachmas and obol fractions. Detailed disbursements cover 426/5–423/2 BC, with a retrospective summary for 433/2–427/6. [1]

An Attic property-security marker specifies a loan of 750 drachmas for Dionysos, corroborating drachma-denominated obligations beyond the fifth-century state treasury ledger. [2]

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Treasury inscription4a records a transfer of 500 drachmas and the sealing of the…

Treasury inscription4a records a transfer of 500 drachmas and the sealing of the container. The jar texts are archaeologically placed in the mid-second centuryBCE. These are surviving treasury labels, not a complete ledger; association with the broad Attic tradition remains qualified. [3]

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  1. Stephen Lambert and P. J. Rhodes, Attic Inscriptions Online · Loans from the sacred treasuries, 433/2–423/2 BC
  2. Stephen Lambert, Attic Inscriptions Online · Marker of property used as security for a loan
  3. Claude Rapin and Frantz Grenet · Inscriptions économiques de la trésorerie hellénistique d’Aï Khanoum, BCH 107.1 (1983), 315–381; Willy Clarysse and Dorothy J. Thompson · Two Greek Texts on Skin from Hellenistic Bactria, ZPE 159 (2007), 273–279

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“Attic drachma accounting — Athenian, Alexandrine and Bactrian traditions.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-13; data version v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V26-ATHENIAN-DRACHMA.html

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