Where did this money come from?
Italian lira
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
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Predecessor332 BC–259 BC
Attic drachma accountingQualified · Intervening stages openLater contributionAD 296–AD 351
Egyptian silver drachma accountingQualified · Later contributionPredecessorAD 274–AD 375
Roman as–denarius–sestertius accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessorAD 400–AD 700
Roman solidus–nomisma accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessor1138–1141
Frankish denier–livre reckoningQualified · Intervening stages openLater contribution1826–1842
Genoese liraDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1816–1826
Old Piedmont lira —20-soldi account unitDocumentedThis currency
Italian liraDates, conversion terms and evidence 7 connections
Egyptian silver drachma accounting Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting
Evidence period: AD 296–AD 351QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Old Piedmont lira —20-soldi account unit Italian lira
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Genoese lira Italian lira
1826–1842DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman solidus–nomisma accounting Frankish denier–livre reckoning
Evidence period: AD 400–AD 700QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Attic drachma accounting Egyptian silver drachma accounting
Evidence period: 332 BC–259 BCQualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting Roman solidus–nomisma accounting
Evidence period: AD 274–AD 375QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Frankish denier–livre reckoning Genoese lira
Evidence period: 1138–1141QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗What followed
2 direct successors or branches connected to this currency.
This currency
Italian liraSuccessor or branchEUR
Euro1999Documented1936.27 Italian lira = 1 EUR
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Tripolitanian Military Authority liraKeep going forwardExplore all 3 descendants +
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Italian liraSuccessor or branch1943
Tripolitanian Military Authority liraDocumentedSuccessor or branch1952
Libyan dinarDocumentedSuccessor or branch1999
EuroDocumentedDates, conversion terms and evidence 3 connections
Italian lira Euro
1999Documented1936.27 Italian lira = 1 EURPublished ITL units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
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