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After {{circa|90}} BC, when bronze coinage was reduced to the semuncial standard, the ''quadrans'' became the lowest-valued coin in production. Surviving ''quadrantes'' from this period (though that name is not shown on the coins) typically have weights between 1.5 grams and 4 grams, perhaps depending in part on the alloy or metals contained.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/anonymous/t.html|title=Anonymous, Roman Imperial Coinage reference, Thumbnail Index - WildWinds.com|website=www.wildwinds.com}}</ref> It was produced sporadically until the time of [[Antoninus Pius]] (AD 138–161). Unlike other coins during the Roman Empire, the ''quadrans'' rarely bore the image of the emperor, due to its small size.
The Greek word for the ''quadrans'' was κοδράντης ''(kodrantes)'', which was translated in the [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]] as "[[Farthing (British coin)|farthing]]" (which itself means fourth- + -ing).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/gen/1/1/s_1001|title=G2835 - kodrantēs - Strong's Greek Lexicon (nkjv)|website=Blue Letter Bible}}</ref> In the [[New Testament]] a coin equal to one half the Attic chalcus was worth about 3/8 of a cent. In the [[Gospel of Mark]], when a [[Lesson of the widow's mite|poor widow]] gave two [[Greek lepton|mites]] or λεπτά (''lepta'') to the [[Second Temple|Temple Treasury]], the gospel writer noted that this amounted to one ''quadrans''.<ref>Mark 12:42</ref>
== See also ==
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