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Greek Coinage

Besides the talent and the drachma, there were more Greek coins. These were the mina (or mna), stater, obol, chalkos and lepton. They are not often mentioned by name in Bible translations, because their exact value is not so important in the text.
 

 Name

 Material

 Value

 Talent

 silver

 6 000 drachmae (60 mina)

 Mina (mna)

 silver

 100 drachmae (25 shekel)

 Stater

 silver

 4 drachmae (1 shekel)

 Didrachm

 silver

 2 drachmae

 Drachma

 silver

 1/4 shekel

 Obol

 silver

 1/6 drachma

 Chalkos

 copper

 1/48 drachma

 Lepton

 copper

 1/128 drachma 

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