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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1863376, member: 9204&quot;]The Augustus denarius (the silver coin) was struck at the Pergamum mint in 27 BC. The reverse depicts the <i>corona rostrata:</i> a laurel wreath interwoven with the prows of ships. Reference number RIC I 473. </p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is a bronze prutah of the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus of Judea, who reigned 103-76 BC. This is the &quot;widow&#039;s mite&quot; mentioned in the bible story. A mite was actually a small bronze coin of the Low Countries. The translators of the King James version felt that readers would be more apt to understand &quot;mite&quot; than &quot;prutah.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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