assarion

• The "penny" mentioned here is the ασσαριον or assarion, the second-least-valuable Roman coin. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• But every time I ask him to change a pistareen, or give me two fo'pencehappennies for a ninepence, or help me to make out two and thrippence (mark the old Master's archaisms about the currency), what does the fellow do but put his hand in his pocket and pull out an old Roman coin; I have no change, says he, but this assarion of Diocletian. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
• 4 [10: 29] Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father. —  The New Testament Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions of Chapters and Verses.
• One assarion was worth four quadrantes. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]

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