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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Deacon Ray, post: 5632331, member: 81896&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font face="Georgia"><font size="7"><span style="color: #ff0000">I</span></font><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> w<font size="4">as AWOL from the Ancients Forum when this was </font></span></font></font><font size="4"><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">originally posted. </span></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">G</span><span style="color: #000000">reat thread and great discussion by: [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] , <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/judaea-bronze-leptons-of-alexander-jannaeus-ca-103-76-bc-the-biblical-widows-mite.364737/members/marsyas-mike.85693/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/judaea-bronze-leptons-of-alexander-jannaeus-ca-103-76-bc-the-biblical-widows-mite.364737/members/marsyas-mike.85693/">Marsyas Mike</a> , </span></font></font><font size="4"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/judaea-bronze-leptons-of-alexander-jannaeus-ca-103-76-bc-the-biblical-widows-mite.364737/members/dltsrq.75482/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/judaea-bronze-leptons-of-alexander-jannaeus-ca-103-76-bc-the-biblical-widows-mite.364737/members/dltsrq.75482/"><font face="Georgia">dltsrq</font></a><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> , and [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER].</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #000000">There are a lot of coins that are marketed as a “</span><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Widow&#039;s Mites.” </span></i><span style="color: #000000">In my </span><i><span style="color: #ff0000">not an expert</span></i><span style="color: #000000"> opinion. The candidate for “<i>Widow’s Mite</i>” among <i>Biblical collectors</i> is the Lepton which is Hendin 1153. I realize that the descriptions of coins in the Bible are very general.</span></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="4">The difference between the prutah and the lepton again in my </font><i><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000">not an expert</span></font></font></i><span style="color: #000000"><font size="4"> opinion can be noted in the lettering within the star and the anchor devices. The prutah has lettering within the star and the lepton does not. The anchor side of the prutah has circumferential lettering surrounding the anchor. The lepton has a heavy ring around the anchor and circumferential lettering on the outside. The size and weight are considerably different (<i>although there is much variance between coins.</i>)</font></span></span></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></span></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="4">I think that the folks who first promoted this particular coin as the Widow’s Mite, selected the Jannaeus coin because the star and the anchor are both Christian images. The star being a symbol of birth or rebirth and the anchor as a symbol of hope. </font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242254[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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