Biblical Ancient Coin ~ Widow's Mite Lepton Cleaned ~ Luke 21:2 (LP304)

Biblical Ancient Coin ~ Widow's Mite Lepton Cleaned ~ Luke 21:2 (LP304)THIS PARTICULAR COIN: This lepton widow's mite has beautiful anchor and star images. The coin has been cleaned to show the original coin beauty. THE WIDOW'S MITE COIN IN SCRIPTURE: This is a widow's mite lepton coin which is the same type of coin that was given by the poor widow to the Temple as recorded in Luke 21: 2 and Mark 12: 41. These small bronze lepton coins were the smallest coins minted and were often cheaply and crudely made. This one fact

The simpulum was a utensil used by Roman priests during their religious ceremonies

WIDOW'S MITE PRUTAH: This is a premium natural patina high contrast widow's mite prutah of King and High Priest Alexander Janneaus

Beautiful pendant with a prutah widow's mite coin star image facing front

facing one another

Both John Hyrcanus I and II minted basically very similar coins

Christianity took longer to spread to the countryside

4-5/8" long x 2-3/8" wide x 1-1/4" deep (2" deep at back handle)

449-404 BC AR tetradrachm OBVERSE: Helmeted head of Athena right REVERSE: Owl standing right

This The coins were minted under King and High Priest Alexander Jannaeus who ruled from 103-76 BC

Herod Archelaus was the son of Herod the Great

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not repaired