Attic drachma accounting — Athenian, Alexandrine and Bactrian traditions
Attic drachma accounting: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Attic drachma
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The story
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]
Turning points
Account-unit observation
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]
Sources and evidence
- Stephen Lambert and P. J. Rhodes, Attic Inscriptions Online · Loans from the sacred treasuries, 433/2–423/2 BC C1377 ↗
- Stephen Lambert, Attic Inscriptions Online · Marker of property used as security for a loan C1378 ↗
- 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 C2086 ↗
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“Attic drachma accounting — Athenian, Alexandrine and Bactrian traditions.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V26-ATHENIAN-DRACHMA.html