Modern Value

1 lepton (copper or bronze)

= 1⁄2 quadrans

$.006

1 quadrans (copper or bronze)

= 2 lepta

$.012

1 as (assarion) (copper or bronze)

= 4 quadrantes

$.046

1 denarius (silver)

= 16 asses

$.74

1 drachma (silver)

=

$.65

1 didrachma (silver)

= 2 drachmas

$1.31

1 tetradrachma*

= 4 drachmas

$2.62

1 mina (silver)

= 100 drachmas

$65.40

1 talent (silver)

= 60 minas

$3,924.00

1 talent (gold)

=

$228,900.00

* Thought to be the same as stater (silver)

(The price of gold and of silver has varied in recent years. In this publication, gold is conservatively calculated at $350.00 per ounce troy and silver at $6.00 per ounce troy; the ancient ratio of gold to silver, however, is considered to have been 13 to 1.)

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Gold

Silver

1 gerah

= 1⁄20 shekel

$6.42

$.11

1 bekah

= 10 gerahs

$64.23

$1.10

1 shekel

= 2 bekahs

$128.45

$2.20

1 mina

= 50 shekels

$6,422.50

$110.10

1 talent

= 60 minas

$385,350.00

$6,606.00