Evidence coverage: 35 BC–AD 10. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
BGU XIV 2376 distinguishes a 3,080-silver-drachma debt from five bronze talents for damages and expenses, demonstrating parallel account denominations.
Sources and qualifications →O.Wilck. 1545 still uses the inherited bronze-decimal reckoning in 10 CE.
Sources and qualifications →BGU XIV 2376 distinguishes a 3,080-silver-drachma debt from five bronze talents for damages and expenses, demonstrating parallel account denominations.
Sources and qualifications →The Egyptian copper-drachma account developed from silver reckoning, initially at a reported1:60 relation, while the silver account persisted. Its independent valuation supports a parallel child account. Late-third/early-second-century chronology is a research envelope.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
BGU XIV 2376 distinguishes a 3,080-silver-drachma debt from five bronze talents for damages and expenses, demonstrating parallel account denominations.
C1820O.Wilck. 1545 still uses the inherited bronze-decimal reckoning in 10 CE.
C1821Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
BGU XIV 2376 distinguishes a 3,080-silver-drachma debt from five bronze talents for damages and expenses, demonstrating parallel account denominations.
p. 211, BGU XIV 2376 and nn. 30–33
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Greek OCR is imperfect; monetary interpretation follows the original scholar.
O.Wilck. 1545 still uses the inherited bronze-decimal reckoning in 10 AD.
p. 208 n. 10
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Greek OCR is imperfect; monetary interpretation follows the original scholar.
Last evidence admitted here is not an abolition date.
p. 211, BGU XIV 2376 and nn. 30–33
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Greek OCR is imperfect; monetary interpretation follows the original scholar.
The Egyptian copper-drachma account developed from silver reckoning, initially at a reported1:60 relation, while the silver account persisted. Its independent valuation supports a parallel child account. Late-third/early-second-century chronology is a research envelope.
pp.11–12 and23–24: closed regional system, silver and copper accounts
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.