WIDOW'S MITE COINS PENDANTS 14K GOLD FULL WIDOWS MITE COINS

History: 

As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "Truly I tell you," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." Luke 21:1-4 

The coin referred to in this passage was the "half prutah," also known in Greek as the "lepton." Leptons were first minted by Alexander Jannaeus beginning in the year 103 BC. These coins were of very low value and were used only in the poor province of Judea. At the time of Jesus it took 48 leptons just to buy a loaf of bread. 

Symbols: 

The ANCHOR: The anchor was adopted from the Seleucids, who used it to symbolize their naval strength. Anchors are depicted upside down, as they would be seen hung on the side of a boat ready for use. 

The STAR: The star symbolizes heaven 

The Item: 


Size: 5 cm 

This item is being sold by Hamedian Gallery at Jerusalem, Israel. We are known worldwide and specialized in Russian Icons, antiquities, oriental carpets and jewelry. We are authorized antiquities dealers by the Israeli antiquities authority. 

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