Mna

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The mna (or also mina) is an ancient Greek unit of weight defined as being 50 shekels.
The mna, like the shekel, was also a unit of currency. In ancient Greece it was equal to 100 drachmae.

In ancient Sumerian times, a mna was a unit of weight: 1/60 talents and also 60 shekels.