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Achaemenid daric payment unit

Achaemenid daric payment unit: a historical unit of account.

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Introduction and ending not established
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Achaemenid daric payment unit: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS Achaemenid daric payment unitAchaemenid daric payment unit Currency history Earlier ancestry is not established here. No successor is established here.

The story

Persian military pay was conventionally reckoned at one daric monthly. [1]

An Athenian treasury account records gold darics in 429/428 BC. [2]

Turning points

Persian royal-image coin types replace earlier types

Kroll dates replacement by Persian royal-image gold and silver types to around 515 BC. [3]

Sources and evidence

  1. Michael Alram, Encyclopaedia Iranica VII/1, pp. 36–40 · DARIC C1038 ↗
  2. Michael Alram, Encyclopaedia Iranica VII/1, pp. 36–40 · DARIC C1039 ↗
  3. John H. Kroll; Archaeological Exploration of Sardis · The Coins of Sardis C248 ↗

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“Achaemenid daric payment unit.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V19-DARIC.html

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