Biblical Ancient Coin ~ Widow's Mite Lepton Cleaned ~ Luke 21:2 (LP321)

Biblical Ancient Coin ~ Widow's Mite Lepton Cleaned ~ Luke 21:2 (LP321)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

left Paul bound

Large 3-3/4" long x 3-1/4 x 1-1/4"

but the army at this time was mostly pagan

Herod took the very familiar coin images from the previous Hasmonian coins of the widow's mite anchor and the cornucopia from the Hyrcanus coins

two soldiers

The reverse side if viewed carefully will reveal a war galley with oars

not under Greek or Roman occupation

Desert brown patina

The eagle on this coin shows the full image of the bird

inner hands on shields resting on the ground

Based upon the year that Christ was born (many believe he was born in 3BC) many persons believe that this coin was minted either in the year that Christ was crucified or the year following his crucifixion

This silver ring holds two (2) authentic widows mite prutah coins that circulated in the time of Jesus