THE TWO-DRACHMA and THE FOUR-DRACHMA. The didrachmon was the annual half-shekel every Israelite male owed toward the temple's upkeep (Exodus 30:11-16) — about two days' wages, and NOT Roman tribute, which is what makes Jesus' argument in Matthew 17:25-26 work: it is his own Father's house being taxed. The statēr found in the fish's mouth is a tetradrachm, four drachmas — exactly two didrachmas, the tax for two men, 'for me and for you,' to the coin. ⚠ The shelf scatters: KJV's 'a piece of money' tells the reader nothing, ASV reads 'a shekel,' NWT transliterates 'a stater,' NIV explains it as 'a four-drachma coin.' The precision IS the point, so this translation keeps the coin and puts the arithmetic in the note. Only Matthew — the Gospel that begins its author's story at a tax booth — records the episode at all. → first discussed at Matt 17:24