quadrans

[ kwod-ranz ]

/ ˈkwɒd rænz /

a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.

Origin of quadrans

From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part

As for the price exacted, it ranged from a quadrans to a very high figure.

The Satyricon, Complete |Petronius Arbiter
He made his pile from an as, and would pick a quadrans out of a dunghill with his teeth, any old time.

The Satyricon, Complete |Petronius Arbiter
It was two of these that the widow cast into the treasury, Mark 12:42, where it is said that two of them equaled a quadrans.

Archology and the Bible |George A. Barton
Quadrans, kwod′ranz, n. a Roman copper coin, the fourth part of the as:—pl.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) |Various

A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.

The World English Bible (WEB), The Old Testament, Complete |Various