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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4524480, member: 75937&quot;]Nice example, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] ! Yes, it was a humble coin, and the quadrans (Greek κοδράντης) is mentioned twice in the Bible, each time as the epitome of a low-value denomination. The two verses are:</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark 12:42</p><p>καὶ ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχὴ ἔβαλεν λεπτὰ δύο, ὅ ἐστιν κοδράντης.</p><p>&quot;And one poor widow came and threw two leptons, which is a quadrans.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Matthew 5:26</p><p>ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην.</p><p>&quot;Truly I tell you, you will not come out from there until you have paid back the last quadrans.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This one has been made even more humble by corrosion. I doesn&#039;t look good, but it&#039;s my only (possibly) Flavian quadrans. Here&#039;s Minerva and an owl:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/anonymous-quadrans-minerva-and-owl-jpg.746172/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Anonymous--Domitian to Antoninus Pius</p><p>Roman Æ quadrans, 14.9 mm, 2.51 g, 5 h</p><p>Rome, A.D. 81-161</p><p>Obv: Helmeted and draped bust of Minerva right</p><p>Rev: S-C, Owl standing left, head facing</p><p>Ref: RIC II, p. 216,&nbsp; 8; BMCRE --; Cohen VIII, p. 268, 8; RCV --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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