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The term used by the NRSV for a mina in a parable of Jesus related in (Luke 19:13-26). A mina was equal to 100 denarii, making it equivalent to about 100 times a typical day’s wage.
Powell, Mark Allan, ed. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Abridged Edition. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2009.