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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3774366, member: 93416&quot;]I am hazy even about what we are unclear about with this tribute penny matter</p><p><br /></p><p>Is the basic question something like –</p><p><br /></p><p>A) there was an official payment system in place in Jerusalem c. 30 AD but&nbsp; we do not know what was,</p><p><br /></p><p>or more like</p><p><br /></p><p>B) the situation was so chaotic that even people back then had no clear consistent model to follow</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of bits of evidence that might seem relevant</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the things St Epiphanius, in his “De mensuribus et ponderibus” (c. 390 AD?) seems to be trying to do is figure out the system in place in Jerusalem c. 30 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an English&nbsp; translation of his text here, (but I recommend buying in asprin before you start!)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/saoc11.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/saoc11.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/saoc11.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Further, Kletter has looked at some limestone weights from Jerusalem which he judges are from the right period&nbsp; (c. 30 BC to 70 AD) .&nbsp; He figures their mina/libra as c. 375g – lower than Attic, but higher than Roman.&nbsp; He suggests they might represent a &quot;mina&quot; of 100 Republican denarii……………….</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/19833845/2015k_A_New_Look_at_the_Roman_Period_Limestone_Weights_from_Jerusalem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/19833845/2015k_A_New_Look_at_the_Roman_Period_Limestone_Weights_from_Jerusalem" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/19833845/2015k_A_New_Look_at_the_Roman_Period_Limestone_Weights_from_Jerusalem</a></p><p><br /></p><p>arghhhhhhh</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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