The
mina (also
mna,
Greek μνᾶ) is an ancient
Near Eastern unit of weight, which was divided into 60 (50)
shekels. The mina, like the shekel, was also a unit of
currency. In ancient Greece, it originally equalled 70
drachmae and later was increased to 100 drachmae. The Greek word
mna was borrowed from Semitic; compare Hebrew
māneh, Aramaic
mĕnē, Syriac
manyā, Ugaritic
mn, and Akkadian
manū.