Commentary for Kiddushin 23:11

א"ל בין דידי ובין רבין אליבא דת"ק ולא קשיא הא דאיקור איסורי הא דזול איסורי הא דאיקור איסורי קום עשרים וארבע בזוזא הא דזול קום תלתין ותרין בזוזא

hence a perutah equals one sixth of an Italian issar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the issar = 1/2 4th denar; now one denar = six ma'ahs = a hundred and forty-four perutahs, according to his table; therefore one perutah - 1/6th issar.');">¹⁶</span> Shall we say that you agree with the first Tanna, whilst Rabin holds with R'Simeon B'Gamaliel? - He replied: Both Rabin and I agree with the first Tanna, yet there is no difficulty: here the issar bears its full value; there, it had depreciated. Here the issar bears its full value, twenty-four going to the zuz; there it had depreciated, thirty-two going to the zuz.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus one denar = a hundred and ninety-two perutahs, in accordance with the first Tanna. The perutah remained stable, but the issar fluctuated. In R. Simai's age the issar was at par, i.e., twenty-four =one denar: therefore one perutah = 1/8th issar. But in the age of R. Dosethai etc., it had slumped to 1/3 2nd of a denar, therefore one perutah =1/6th of an issar.');">¹⁷</span>

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