Mar 12:42 | CPDV | STEP | But when one poor widow had arrived, she put in two small coins, which is a quarter.

Mark 12:42

42 But when one poor widow had arrived, she put in two small coins, which is a quarter. ^{▼▼12:42The quadrans (‘quarter’) was literally one fourth the value of an ‘as’ coin; which was in turn one tenth the value of a denarius (a day’s wage). So a quadrans was about one 40th the value of a denarius, or one 40th of the daily wage of a laborer. Compared to today’s entry-level wages ($5 to $10 per hour for 8 hours), the quadrans would be worth a dollar or two. So each of those two small coins was worth one to two dollars in today’s currency.(Conte)}