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After ca. 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]]".<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
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