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Attic drachma

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500 BC10001700180018501900195020002026CURRENT CURRENCIES / CONTINUATIONSEgyptian silver drachma accounting → Roman as–denarius accounting · Evidence period: AD 296–AD 351 · Qualified · Later adoption into an existing currencyAttic drachma accounting → Egyptian silver drachma accounting · Evidence period: 332 BC–259 BC · QualifiedEgyptian silver drachma accounting → Late Ptolemaic and Augustan Egyptian bronze-drachma reckoning · Evidence period: 220 BC–200 BC · QualifiedAttic drachma accounting → Sasanian and early Islamic eastern drahm–dirham reckoning · Evidence period: 330 BC–AD 579 · QualifiedRoman as–denarius accounting → Roman solidus–nomisma · Evidence period: AD 274–AD 375 · QualifiedRoman as–denarius accounting · Dated evidence: 500 BC–AD 566. Track lengths do not establish a complete lifetime.Roman as–denarius accountingAttic drachma accounting · Dated evidence: 426 BC–125 BC. Track lengths do not establish a complete lifetime.Attic drachma accountingEgyptian silver drachma accounting · Dated evidence: 259 BC–AD 351. Track lengths do not establish a complete lifetime.Egyptian silver drachma accountingLate Ptolemaic and Augustan Egyptian bronze-drachma reckoning · Dated evidence: 35 BC–AD 10. Track lengths do not establish a complete lifetime.Late Ptolemaic and Augustan Egyptian bronze-drachma reckoningRoman solidus–nomisma · Dated evidence: AD 375–AD 687. Track lengths do not establish a complete lifetime.→Roman solidus–nomismaSasanian and early Islamic eastern drahm–dirham reckoning · Dated evidence: AD 531–AD 683. Track lengths do not establish a complete lifetime.Sasanian and early Islamic eastern drahm–dirham reckoningPratihara / Siyadoni dramma accounting · Dated evidence: AD 912–AD 969. Track lengths do not establish a complete lifetime.Pratihara / Siyadoni dramma accountingSasanian and early Islamic eastern drahm–dirham reckoning → Pratihara / Siyadoni dramma accounting · Evidence period: AD 450–AD 913 · Qualified

Connected currencies from other lineages appear as context and are excluded from the lineage count. Historical track lengths follow dated evidence and connections; they do not establish complete lifetimes. Every euro endpoint represents the same currency.

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