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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 5598704, member: 75482&quot;]Random thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the 90s, a well-known Kentucky dealer had an enormous hoard (reportedly hundreds of thousands) of Jannaeus prutot. At shows, I was able to sift through quite a number of them and it is my impression that flan size (mass) varies quite a bit among coins that are otherwise identical. </p><p><br /></p><p>The biblical account of the Widow&#039;s offering in the Gospel of Mark (12:42) states in the Greek <i>λεπτὰ</i> <u><i>δύο</i></u>, <i>ὅ</i> <i>ἐστιν</i> <i>κοδράντης</i> &quot;two lepta, which is a quadrans&quot;. The King James translates this phrase as &quot;two mites, which make a farthing&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder whether there are really two separate denominations or only one, consisting of earlier, larger, finer coins and later, smaller, cruder coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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