|And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
|And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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|"And when he had formed an agreement with the workmen to pay them a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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|"And when he had formed an agreement with the workmen to pay them a silver coin a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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|By "shilling" is meant the Roman denarius, worth ten assaria, four sesterces, or forty quadrants.
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|Silver coin is easily understood, shilling is almost as dated as denarius. (By "shilling" is meant the Roman denarius, worth ten assaria, four sesterces, or forty quadrants.)