Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Farthing

Two names of coins in the New Testament are rendered in the Authorized Version by this word:

Quadrans , (Matthew 5:26; Mark 12:42) a coin current in the time of our Lord, equivalent to three-eights of a cent;

The assarion , equal to one cent and a half, (Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:6)

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.