Quadrans

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(Matt. 5:26; Mark 12:42)—the smallest Roman bronze coin commonly named in the New Testament, worth one quarter of an as. Mark explains that two Greek lepta equaled one quadrans. Monetary equivalents in nineteenth-century Russian currency are omitted because purchasing power cannot be conveyed accurately by a fixed modern conversion.

Scripture cited

Matthew 5:26 Mark 12:42

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