what's the egyptian currency?
Egyptian pound
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 14 @,@ 272 silver coins , comprising 60 miliarenses and 14 @,@ 212 siliquae 

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 Usually made of silver , the Greek drachma coin , including the tetradrachm , was the standard currency used throughout the Parthian Empire . The Arsacids maintained royal mints at the cities of Hecatompylos , Seleucia , and Ecbatana . They most likely operated a mint at Mithridatkert / Nisa as well . From the empire 's inception until its collapse , drachmas produced throughout the Parthian period rarely weighed less than 3 @.@ 5 g or more than 4 @.@ 2 g . The first Parthian tetradrachms , weighing in principle around 16 g with some variation , appear after Mithridates I conquered Mesopotamia and were minted exclusively at Seleucia . 

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 The word used in Matthew 26 : 15 ( ἀργύρια , argyria ) simply means " silver coins , " and scholars disagree on the type of coins that would have been used . Donald Wiseman suggests two possibilities . They could have been tetradrachms of Tyre , usually referred to as Tyrian shekels ( 14 grams of 94 % silver ) , or staters from Antioch ( 15 grams of 75 % silver ) , which bore the head of Augustus . Alternatively , they could have been Ptolemaic tetradrachms ( 13 @.@ 5 ± 1 g ) . There are 28 @.@ 3495 grams per ounce . At spot valuation of $ 15 @.@ 85 / oz ( the closing price on Friday , March 18 , 2016 ) , 30 " pieces of silver " is worth approximately $ 225 in present @-@ day value ( USD ) . Other equivalents are C $ 295 ( CAD ) , AU $ 297 ( AUD ) , £ 156 ( GBP ) , € 200 ( EUR ) , 218 Swiss francs ( CHF ) , and 830 Brazilian Reais ( BRL ) . 

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 As part of the series , the Mint sold collector 's versions in proof , including pieces struck in .900 silver . The Mint also sold a large number of numismatic items , including rolls and bags of coins , collector 's maps , and other items designed to encourage coin collecting among the general public . The Mint estimated that the government profited by $ 3 billion through seignorage on coins saved by the public and through other revenues , over what it would otherwise have earned . 

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 The stele is a late example of a class of donation stelae , which depicts the reigning monarch granting a tax exemption to the resident priesthood . Pharaohs had erected these stelae over the previous 2 @,@ 000 years , the earliest examples dating from the Egyptian Old Kingdom . In earlier periods , all such decrees were issued by the king himself , but the Memphis decree was issued by the priests , as the maintainers of traditional Egyptian culture . The decree records that Ptolemy V gave a gift of silver and grain to the temples . It also records that there was particularly high Flooding of the Nile in the eighth year of his reign , and he had the excess waters dammed for the benefit of the farmers . In return for these concessions , the priesthood pledged that the king 's birthday and coronation days would be celebrated annually , and that all the priests of Egypt would serve him alongside the other gods . The decree concludes with the instruction that a copy was to be placed in every temple , inscribed in the " language of the gods " ( hieroglyphs ) , the " language of documents " ( demotic ) , and the " language of the Greeks " as used by the Ptolemaic government . 
