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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4554402, member: 10461&quot;]This one is decidedly non-round because of manufacturing methods.&nbsp; (It will also be eligible as a giveaway prize soon.)</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Ancient Judaea: bronze lepton or &quot;Widow&#039;s Mite&quot; struck by Alexander Jannaeus, Hasmonean king of Judaea, circa 103-76 BC.&nbsp; </b></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127707[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">These small and primitive coins circulated in the Holy Land during the time of Christ, and were the subject of the biblical parable of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesson_of_the_widow%27s_mite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesson_of_the_widow%27s_mite" rel="nofollow">The Widow&#039;s Offering</a> (Mark 12:41-44, Luke 21:1-4). </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Obverse: Anchor with inscription. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Reverse: wheel with spokes or 8-pointed star. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">&nbsp;Hendin 4th ed. 472.&nbsp; 14x10 mm.&nbsp; This example shows evidence of the way the blank flans were cast in strips, then cut before being struck into coins. Ex- Augustus Coins, 20 May 2020.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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