Commentary for Bekhorot 99:27

אמר רבי חנינא

and there is a place where the shekels are called centenaria.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where as many as a hundred sela's are given for a shekel. Hence the 'silver' (kesef) mentioned there in the Ephron transaction, although it is not explicitly stated, must mean centenaria.');">²²</span>

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