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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2604099, member: 19463&quot;]Since the Greek NT reads drachma, this would seem to be without doubt but that is a denomination and we really have no way to know which coin of that size it might have been (since it is a Parable, this seems a moot point).&nbsp; Of the choices mentioned, the drachma is the smallest coin and worth about a day&#039;s wage to a laborer.&nbsp; The others are larger.&nbsp; I hardly collect coins of this region and do not have a silver of drachma size but would be interested in seeing what our experts believe might have circulated most commonly in the time of Jesus.&nbsp; I could see a later Seleucid or even a Gaza copy of an Athenian owl but nothing stands out to me.&nbsp; This would be too early for the Jewish drachmas of the revolts.&nbsp; Interesting question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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