Greek lepton

Greek lepton

:" Lepto redirects here. "Lepto" is sometimes used as a shortened name for Leptospirosis."Lepton pl. "lepta" ("Λεπτόν" pl. "Λεπτά") is the name of various fractional units of currency used in the Greek-speaking world from antiquity until today.

The word means "small" or "thin", and during classical and Hellenistic times a "lepton" was always a small value coin, usually the smallest available denomination of another currency.

The Roman mite was informally called "lepton" in the Greek-speaking parts of the Roman Empire; this use is seen in the New Testament.

In modern Greece, "lepton" (modern form: lepto, "Λεπτό") is the name of the 1/100 denomination of all the official currencies of the Greek state: The phoenix (1827–1832), the drachma (1832–2001) and the euro (2002–current) – the name is the Greek form of "euro cent." Its unofficial currency sign is Λ (lambda).

External links

* [http://www.fleur-de-coin.com/currency/greek50lepta.asp Description and pictures of Greek 50 lepta coins]


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