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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AussieCollector, post: 4542094, member: 81093&quot;]I don&#039;t know whether it was intended to be a reference to something of little value or not, and I don&#039;t know if the following would be considered a lot or not, but I look at it like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>As others have mentioned, 1 Denarius was considered a &quot;good day&#039;s pay&quot;. In fact (and I don&#039;t have the references handy and I don&#039;t have time to source them), but a Tetradrachm was used as a week&#039;s pay for a soldier (even in Roman times), and was considered a decent wage (a bit above average). If we were to compare to today, the median full time wage in USA is around $40,000 per year, or $770 per week.</p><p><br /></p><p>So 30 pieces of silver, if tetradrachms, would be the equivalent of $23,100.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s really not that much, but it also isn&#039;t nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think they were most likely to be tetradrachms, as per the temple tax.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have to remember that this was paid out by the temple, not the Romans, and that Tyre tetradrachms were probably the most readily available silver coins to the temple at the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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