lepta
Lepta, plural of lepton, is a term used for very small units of currency in both ancient and modern Greek contexts. The word derives from the Greek lepton, meaning “small” or “thin.” In ancient coinage, leptai were the lowest denomination in many city-states, typically bronze coins valued at a small fraction of a drachma. The exact value and weight varied by city and era, but leptai commonly circulated as everyday change in markets, crafts, and daily transactions. They accompanied higher denominations such as the drachma and obol and served as practical small-sum currency in the Greek world.
In practice, leptai were minted across the Greek world from the late Archaic period through the Hellenistic
In modern Greece, the term lepta (λεπτά) refers to the subunit of the euro. 100 lepta equal 1