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| MINA | |
| Form: Gr. mna; Lat.mina. | |
| An old Greek weight, and a sum of coined money equal to it, the sixtieth part of a talent, like which it varied in value. The weight of the mina (=100 drachmae) was 1 1/4 lb., and the intrinsic value of the Attic mina of silver was £3 6s. 8d. (Cp. |
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