Biblical Ancient Coin ~ Widow's Mite Lepton Jerusalem ~ Luke 21:2 (LP315) Herodian Minted during Seleucid final years

Minted during Seleucid final years prior to Jewish self-rule starting 128 BC

Pilate 's coinage is exceptional in that it alone displays the lituus as the sole object illustrated on the face

Rev: Inverted anchor within circle

thus streghtening the bonds that Constantine enjoyed with his military

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

Biblical Ancient Coin ~ Widow's Mite Lepton Jerusalem ~ Luke 21:2 (LP315) Herodian Minted during Seleucid final yearsTHIS PARTICULAR COIN: This lepton widow's mite has a very sharp clear beautiful anchor and part of a star images in a beautiful natural patina. 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