Farthing. Two names of coins in the New Testament are rendered in the Authorized Version by this word:
1. Quadrans, Matthew 5:26; Mark 12:42, a coin current in the time of our Lord, equivalent to three-eights of a cent;
2. The assarion, equal to one cent and a half, Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:6.
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