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Currency and Weight
Currency and Weight lo Hebrew Scripture
Gerah (1⁄20 shekel) 0.57 g 10 gerah = 1 bekah |
Bekah 5.7 g 2 bekah = 1 shekel |
Pim 7.8 g 1 pim = 2⁄3 shekel |
Shekel weight Shekel 11.4 g 50 shekel = 1 mina |
Mina 570 g 60 mina = 1 talent |
Talent 34.2 kg |
Daric (Persian, gold) 8.4 g |
Currency and Weight lo Christian Greek Scripture
Lepton (Jewish, copper or bronze) 1⁄2 quadrans |
Quadrans (Roman, copper or bronze) 2 lepta |
Assarion (Roman and olketa province, copper or bronze) 4 quadrantes |
Denarius (Roman, silver) 64 quadrantes 3.85 g = Wages blo 1 Day (12-fala hour) |
Drachma (Greek, silver) 3.4 g = Wages blo 1 Day (12-fala hour) |
Didrachma (Greek, silver) 2 drachma 6.8 g = Wages blo 2 Days |
Tetradrachma blo Antioch Tetradrachma blo Tyre (Silver shekel blo Tyre) Tetradrachma (Greek, silver; nara nem silver stater) 4 drachma 13.6 g = Wages blo 4 Days |
Mina 100 drachma 340 g = wages blo samting olsem 100 days |
Talent 60 mina 20.4 kg = wages blo samting olsem 20 years |
Pound (Roman) 327 g
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