What is "litra"

n. A silver coin in ancient Sicily equivalent to 1/5 of a drachm.

A litra (plural: litrae; ) is a small silver coin (or unit of measurement for other precious metals) used in the colonies of Ancient Greece in general and in ancient Sicily in particular. As a coin, the litra was similar in value to the obol and weighed one-third of a Roman libra, i.e. . In silver, the coin weighed and was equal to one-fifth of a drachma.

In the 3rd-century apocryphal New Testament text known as the Acts of Thomas, Jesus sells Thomas to an Indian merchant "for three litrae of silver unstamped".

In the Talmud, the litra is a unit of measurement, the equivalent of 60 shekels, weighing .