| This is a copper coin, a quarter-gerah, worth about half a cent; was made about the time of Alexander the Great, B.C. 325. | |
| A silver coin, three-quarters of a shekel, called a righia, used especially for paying the temple tax. It was worth about 40 cents. | |
| The smallest copper coin in use among the Jews, the lepton, called in Hebrew chalcous, "copper money." The widow's mite was of this coin. | |
| The denarius, or penny, bearing the face of the emperor Tiberius. |
The Greek and Roman coins are chiefly referred to in the New Testament. The smallest was the Lepton (Mark 12:42, "mite"), worth a fifth of a cent. 2. The Quadrans (Mark 12:42, "farthing"), 2 mites, or less than half a cent. 3. The Assarion (Matt, 10:29, "farthing"), four times the quadrans, or 13/5 cents. Notice that two coins, one worth four times as much as the other, are both translated "farthing" in our version. 4. The Denarius (Matt, 22:19, "penny"), 10 times the assarion, or 16 cents. It was the latter which in Christ's time bore the face of the Roman emperor.
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