And he called his ten servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ten pieces of money, each of which was called a mna. To translate pounds, gives the English reader a false notion, the Roman coin called a mna not corresponding to our pound. (Witham)
A mna was 12½ ounces, which, at five shillings per ounce, is £3 2s. 6d.
