Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Deacon Ray, post: 3204026, member: 81896&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="7"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>I</b></span></font> received an order of Jannaeus coins. These are of the type referred to as Widow&#039;s Mites. We&#039;ve had discussions about this before on the forum and I agree with many of the members that there are many other candidates for the Widow&#039;s Mite title. Actually, most of the coins in my Judaean collection qualify. My thoughts about why the Jannaeas lepton and prutah are the popular choices is because the star and the anchor are both considered Christian symbols even though they were struck seventy to one hundred years before the date we accept as the birth date of Jesus of Nazareth.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Here&#039;s a Hendin 1150 and images of my latest Widow&#039;s Mite acquisitions on the second panel. I&#039;ve included the words of the Scripture in <i>The Word</i> translation to hilight the nonspecific description of the coins. Hendin 1150, 1151, 1152, and 1153 all feature star and anchor devices.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">[ATTACH=full]829896[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">[ATTACH=full]829897[/ATTACH] </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in