How much was a pence in Jesus' day?

Answer 1

There's no answer because there's no such thing as "a pence"; "pence" is the plural of "penny." Another reason why there's no answer is that there was no such thing as a penny in Jesus's time because Roman coinage was used throughout Europe.

However, the abbreviation L.s.d. for pounds, shillings, pence is derived from the Roman denominations libra, solidus, denarius, with "denarius" corresponding to "penny." In Jesus's day, the denarius consisted of 4.5 grams of silver. So if you must have an answer, it would be 4.5 grams of silver. (Information from Wikipedia.)