A small coin used in ancient Rome and Egypt, worth about 1/10 of a denarius.
From Late Latin assarion, from Greek assarion, possibly from a Semitic source. The term appears in biblical translations.
The assarion appears in the Bible's New Testament—'not a sparrow falls without the Father knowing, and they cost two assaria'—making it a word that religious scholars debate endlessly.
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