mina
n. countablen. an ancient unit of weight or money used in Greece and the Middle East. It was worth about 100 drachmas.
n. an ancient unit of weight and currency used in Greece, Babylon, and Egypt. Typically represents a weight of approximately 430 to 600 grams or a monetary value of 100 drachmae.
The merchant sold the grain for one mina of silver.
Archaeologists discovered ancient ledgers recording the trade of several minas of gold between the two city-states.
In the classical Athenian monetary system, the mina served as an intermediate unit of account, representing one-sixtieth of a talent and consisting of one hundred silver drachmae.
Borrowed from Arabic مِينَا (mīnā) and Sanskrit मीना (mīnā).
Borrowed from Arabic مِنَى (minā).
Plural form is usually 'minas' or 'minae'.