a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius (approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor)

A small Roman copper coin worth one tenth of a drachma, or about an hourâ€(tm)s wages for an agricultural laborer. Mt 10:29; Lu 12:6.

An assarion is a small Roman copper coin worth one tenth of a drachma, or about an hour's wages for an agricultural laborer.