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Currency and Weight
Currency and Weight in the Hebrew Scriptures
Gerah (1⁄20 shekel) 0.57 g / 0.01835 oz t 10 gerahs = 1 bekah |
Bekah 5.7 g / 0.1835 oz t 2 bekahs = 1 shekel |
Pim 7.8 g / 0.2508 oz t 1 pim = 2⁄3 shekel |
Shekel weight Shekel 11.4 g / 0.367 oz t 50 shekels = 1 mina |
Mina 570 g / 18.35 oz t 60 minas = 1 talent |
Talent 34.2 kg / 1,101 oz t |
Daric (Persian, gold) 8.4 g / 0.27 oz t |
Currency and Weight in the Christian Greek Scriptures
Lepton (Jewish, copper or bronze) 1⁄2 quadrans |
Quadrans (Roman, copper or bronze) 2 lepta |
Assarion (Roman and provincial, copper or bronze) 4 quadrantes |
Denarius (Roman, silver) 64 quadrantes 3.85 g / 0.124 oz t = 1 Day’s Wages (12 hours) |
Drachma (Greek, silver) 3.4 g / 0.109 oz t = 1 Day’s Wages (12 hours) |
Didrachma (Greek, silver) 2 drachmas 6.8 g / 0.218 oz t = 2 Days’ Wages |
Tetradrachma of Antioch Tetradrachma of Tyre (Silver shekel of Tyre) Tetradrachma (Greek, silver; also called silver stater) 4 drachmas 13.6 g / 0.436 oz t = 4 Days’ Wages |
Mina 100 drachmas 340 g / 10.9 oz t = about 100 days’ wages |
Talent 60 minas 20.4 kg / 654 oz t = about 20 years’ wages |
Pound (Roman) 327 g / 11.5 oz
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