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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8125760, member: 85693"]Here is a lepton of Alexander Jannaeus - it is very tiny, a lepton being a half prutah (note [USER=75496]@Carl Wilmont[/USER] example is 2.84 grams - this one 0.63). This is a confusing series, at least I get confused, but FORVM has a lot of information on these, as quoted below:</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1415037[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Judaea, Hasmonian</b> <b>Kingdom</b></p><p><b>Alexander Jannaeus</b></p><p><b>Æ Lepton </b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 95-76 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Jerusalem Mint</b></p><p>Paleo-Hebrew between 8-ray star ("priest the king")/ BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ AΛEΞANΔPO]Y, around inverted anchor.</p><p>Hendin 1151 (see notes).</p><p>(0.63 grams / 13 x 11 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2021 </p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b></p><p>Note: "The Paleo-Hebrew inscription and monogram are often obscure. Hendin 1151 type can usually be identified by the style of the anchor and the epigraphy of the Greek inscription. However, Meshorer TJC K13 is identified as this style but with the Yehonatan inscription, making attribution purely by style uncertain. The inscription was apparently a short-lived attempt at propaganda to refute the Pharisees' claims that the Hasmoneans were priests and therefore not from David's line and thus usurpers of the crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: David Hendin now identifies all examples of these star anchor types as prutot, but we still identify the following smaller coins (Hendin 1152 and 1153) as lepta.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Pseudo-Aramaic-Hebrew inscription read counterclockwise as follows:</p><p>L (for) MLK' (King) 'LKS'NDRW' (Alexander) SNT (year) KH (25) - HK TNS 'WRN'SKL' 'KLM L - L MLK' 'LKS'NDRW' SNT KH - le melek Aleksandro</p><p><br /></p><p>***</p><p><b>Widow's Mites of Mark 12:41-44</b></p><p><br /></p><p>41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.</p><p><br /></p><p>42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, together worth less than a penny.</p><p><br /></p><p>43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."</p><p><br /></p><p>Because the lepton (plural: lepta) and <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Prutah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Prutah" rel="nofollow">prutah</a> (plural: prutot) were the lowest <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Denomination" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Denomination" rel="nofollow">denomination</a> coins that circulated in Jerusalem during Christ's lifetime, they are believed to be the coins referred to in the Biblical story of the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Poor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Poor" rel="nofollow">poor</a> widow. Although any <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" rel="nofollow">type</a> of Judean lepta or prutot could have been donated by the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Poor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Poor" rel="nofollow">poor</a> widow, when you buy a "widow's mite" you will most like receive a <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Star" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Star" rel="nofollow">star</a> and <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anchor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anchor" rel="nofollow">anchor</a> <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" rel="nofollow">type</a> lepton struck by Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Hasmonean" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Hasmonean" rel="nofollow">Hasmonean</a> <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=King" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=King" rel="nofollow">King</a> of <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Judaea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Judaea" rel="nofollow">Judaea</a> from 103 to 76 B.C. The lepta of Alexander Jannaeus are the most common and lowest cost possible "widow's mite" <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" rel="nofollow">type</a>. Although these coins were minted long before Christ's lifetime, they were <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Still" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Still" rel="nofollow">still</a> in circulation in the first century A.D. The actual size of a <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Prutah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Prutah" rel="nofollow">prutah</a> is less than 1/2 inch in <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Diameter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Diameter" rel="nofollow">diameter</a>. A lepton is usually about the same <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Diameter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Diameter" rel="nofollow">diameter</a> as a pencil eraser. Since the lepton is the very smallest <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Denomination" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Denomination" rel="nofollow">denomination</a>, it is more likely the true "widow's mite." Lepta were often carelessly and crudely struck, usually off center and on small flans. Because they circulated for a long period, they are most often very worn and legends are usually illegible."</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Widows%20Mite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Widows%20Mite" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Widows Mite</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As for Alexander Jannaeus not being a nice guy: </p><p><br /></p><p>"Jannaeus had brought the surviving rebels back to Jerusalem where he had eight hundred Jews, primarily Pharisees, crucified. Before their deaths, Alexander had the rebels' wives and children executed before their eyes as Jannaeus ate with his concubines. Alexander later returned the land he had seized in Moab and Galaaditis from the Nabataeans in order to have them end their support for the Jewish rebels. The remaining rebels who numbered eight thousand, fled by night in fear of Alexander. Afterward, all rebel hostility ceased and Alexander's reign continued undisturbed."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8125760, member: 85693"]Here is a lepton of Alexander Jannaeus - it is very tiny, a lepton being a half prutah (note [USER=75496]@Carl Wilmont[/USER] example is 2.84 grams - this one 0.63). This is a confusing series, at least I get confused, but FORVM has a lot of information on these, as quoted below: [ATTACH=full]1415037[/ATTACH] [B]Judaea, Hasmonian[/B] [B]Kingdom Alexander Jannaeus Æ Lepton n.d. (c. 95-76 B.C.) Jerusalem Mint[/B] Paleo-Hebrew between 8-ray star ("priest the king")/ BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ AΛEΞANΔPO]Y, around inverted anchor. Hendin 1151 (see notes). (0.63 grams / 13 x 11 mm) eBay Jan. 2021 [B]Attribution Note: [/B] Note: "The Paleo-Hebrew inscription and monogram are often obscure. Hendin 1151 type can usually be identified by the style of the anchor and the epigraphy of the Greek inscription. However, Meshorer TJC K13 is identified as this style but with the Yehonatan inscription, making attribution purely by style uncertain. The inscription was apparently a short-lived attempt at propaganda to refute the Pharisees' claims that the Hasmoneans were priests and therefore not from David's line and thus usurpers of the crown. [B][/B] Note: David Hendin now identifies all examples of these star anchor types as prutot, but we still identify the following smaller coins (Hendin 1152 and 1153) as lepta. [B][/B] The Pseudo-Aramaic-Hebrew inscription read counterclockwise as follows: L (for) MLK' (King) 'LKS'NDRW' (Alexander) SNT (year) KH (25) - HK TNS 'WRN'SKL' 'KLM L - L MLK' 'LKS'NDRW' SNT KH - le melek Aleksandro *** [B]Widow's Mites of Mark 12:41-44[/B] 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, together worth less than a penny. 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on." Because the lepton (plural: lepta) and [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Prutah']prutah[/URL] (plural: prutot) were the lowest [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Denomination']denomination[/URL] coins that circulated in Jerusalem during Christ's lifetime, they are believed to be the coins referred to in the Biblical story of the [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Poor']poor[/URL] widow. Although any [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type']type[/URL] of Judean lepta or prutot could have been donated by the [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Poor']poor[/URL] widow, when you buy a "widow's mite" you will most like receive a [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Star']star[/URL] and [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anchor']anchor[/URL] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type']type[/URL] lepton struck by Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), the [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Hasmonean']Hasmonean[/URL] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=King']King[/URL] of [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Judaea']Judaea[/URL] from 103 to 76 B.C. The lepta of Alexander Jannaeus are the most common and lowest cost possible "widow's mite" [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type']type[/URL]. Although these coins were minted long before Christ's lifetime, they were [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Still']still[/URL] in circulation in the first century A.D. The actual size of a [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Prutah']prutah[/URL] is less than 1/2 inch in [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Diameter']diameter[/URL]. A lepton is usually about the same [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Diameter']diameter[/URL] as a pencil eraser. Since the lepton is the very smallest [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Denomination']denomination[/URL], it is more likely the true "widow's mite." Lepta were often carelessly and crudely struck, usually off center and on small flans. Because they circulated for a long period, they are most often very worn and legends are usually illegible." [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Widows%20Mite[/URL] [B][/B] As for Alexander Jannaeus not being a nice guy: "Jannaeus had brought the surviving rebels back to Jerusalem where he had eight hundred Jews, primarily Pharisees, crucified. Before their deaths, Alexander had the rebels' wives and children executed before their eyes as Jannaeus ate with his concubines. Alexander later returned the land he had seized in Moab and Galaaditis from the Nabataeans in order to have them end their support for the Jewish rebels. The remaining rebels who numbered eight thousand, fled by night in fear of Alexander. Afterward, all rebel hostility ceased and Alexander's reign continued undisturbed."[B][/B] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus[/URL][/QUOTE]
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