A friend has asked me to help ID a number of coins he acquired some years ago. Most I have cracked, but a few are giving me a headache - can you help? These two came with a lable saying Widow's mites and quoting Bible context. Can you give me more? Each measures about 14mm and weighs 1.3g.
Yup, these are very popular little coins. Everything you ever needed to know about them can be found here: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Widows Mite
Nice examples. These are often called widow's mites in error; the actual coin referenced in the bible was the lepton; which weighed less than a gram and was much worse in terms of manufacture. Prutot sell better because they are "pretty" coins
