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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2765394, member: 75937&quot;]The quadrans (which literally means &quot;one-quarter&quot;) was a Roman denomination worth 1/4 of an as and was the smallest denomination regularly issued by the empire. Its value was 1/64 of a denarius and was thus only useful for the purchase of items and services of low value. Ancient sources note that it was the cost of admission to the public baths.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you know the quadrans (Greek κοδράντης) is mentioned twice in the Bible? 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>The quadrans was produced most actively by the Julio-Claudians, and it was no longer produced after the reign of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180).</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your quadrantes! Here&#039;s one of mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]636522[/ATTACH]</p><p>Claudius, AD 41-54</p><p>Roman Æ quadrans; 3.95 gm; 15.1 mm</p><p>Rome mint, AD 41</p><p>Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG, modius.</p><p>Rev: PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT around large SC</p><p>Refs:&nbsp; BMCRE 179; RIC 84; Cohen 70; RCV 1863[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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