Mina
(
μνᾶ; 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 about $16.