Lepton pl. Lepta (Λεπτόν pl. Λεπτά) is the name of various fractional units of currency used in the Greek-speaking world from antiquity until today. In common usage a fraction is any part of a unit. ... Various currencies A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services. ... The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ... Antiquity means ancient times, and may be used of any period before the Middle Ages. ...

The word means "small" or "thin", and during classical and hellenistic times a lepton was always a small value coin, usually the smallest available denomination of another currency. The Roman mite was informally called lepton in the Greek-speaking parts of the Roman Empire; this use is seen in the New Testament. This article describes the ancient classical period: for the classical period in music (second half of the 18th century): see Classical music era. ... The term Hellenistic (established by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen) in the history of the ancient world is used to refer to the shift from a culture dominated by ethnic Greeks, however scattered geographically, to a culture dominated by Greek-speakers of whatever ethnicity, and from the political dominance... Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and a commune. ... The Roman Empire is not the Holy Roman Empire (843-1806). ... The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Scriptures, is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus. ...

In modern Greece, lepton (modern form: lepto, Λεπτό) is the name of the 1/100 denomination of all the official currencies of the Greek state: The Phoenix (1827-1832), the Drachma (1832-2001) and the Euro (2002-current). Its unofficial currency sign is Λ. The history of modern Greece began with the recognition of Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1832. ... A denomination is a unit of currency. ... Drachma, pl. ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. ...