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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4722651, member: 10461"]I'm sure there have been plenty of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesson_of_the_widow%27s_mite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesson_of_the_widow%27s_mite" rel="nofollow">Widow's Mite</a> threads and posts here, but here is another, since I needed to upload some pictures of a couple of pieces I bought for my giveaway and/or swapstock inventory.</p><p><br /></p><p>As most of you on this forum will know, these small and often crudely-struck coins were bronze <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_lepton" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_lepton" rel="nofollow">leptons</a> struck by <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">Alexander Jannaeus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Hasmonean</a> king of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea_(Roman_province)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea_(Roman_province)" rel="nofollow">Judaea</a>, circa 103-76 BC. They circulated in the Holy Land during the time of Christ, and it is believed this general coin type was the subject of the biblical parable of The Widow's Offering (Mark 12:41-44, Luke 21:1-4).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Le Denier de la Veuve</i> ("The Widow's Mite"), by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tissot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tissot" rel="nofollow">Jacques Joseph Tissot</a> (1836-1902). Brooklyn Museum, European Art collection.<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Widow%27s_Mite_(Le_denier_de_la_veuve)_-_James_Tissot.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Widow%27s_Mite_(Le_denier_de_la_veuve)_-_James_Tissot.jpg" rel="nofollow">*</a></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Widow%27s_Mite_%28Le_denier_de_la_veuve%29_-_James_Tissot.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4722651, member: 10461"]I'm sure there have been plenty of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesson_of_the_widow%27s_mite']Widow's Mite[/URL] threads and posts here, but here is another, since I needed to upload some pictures of a couple of pieces I bought for my giveaway and/or swapstock inventory. As most of you on this forum will know, these small and often crudely-struck coins were bronze [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_lepton']leptons[/URL] struck by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus']Alexander Jannaeus[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty']Hasmonean[/URL] king of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea_(Roman_province)']Judaea[/URL], circa 103-76 BC. They circulated in the Holy Land during the time of Christ, and it is believed this general coin type was the subject of the biblical parable of The Widow's Offering (Mark 12:41-44, Luke 21:1-4). [I]Le Denier de la Veuve[/I] ("The Widow's Mite"), by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tissot']Jacques Joseph Tissot[/URL] (1836-1902). Brooklyn Museum, European Art collection.[URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Widow%27s_Mite_(Le_denier_de_la_veuve)_-_James_Tissot.jpg']*[/URL] [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Widow%27s_Mite_%28Le_denier_de_la_veuve%29_-_James_Tissot.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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