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These small bronze Widow’s Mite coins were coins issued under the rule of Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BC), a descendent of Judas Maccabee. The word “mite”, also commonly referred to as “widow’s mite” was originally the King James Version translation of the proper Greek word of lepton. The true widow’s mite coin was the lepton, the smallest coin minted at that time. A larger coin called a prutah is also often referred to as a widow’s mite coin, since it was made with similar markings under the same king. But the true widow’s mite was the lepton, the smaller coin. The larger widow’s mite, the prutah, was a higher value coin and not specifically referred to in scripture.
Here at Biblicalmites.com, we specialize in both the widow’s mite lepton coin and the widow’s mite prutah coin. We sell different quality and grades of widow’s mites, from the basic widow’s mite lepton, one-sided widow’s mite leptons, and two sided widow’s mite leptons. We also sell widow’s mite lepton pendants. However, due to the size of the small lepton coin, most widow’s mite pendants are made with the larger more detailed and beautiful widow’s mite prutah coins.
All of the widow’s mite lepton and prutah coins we sell here on Biblicalmites.com are authentic and have been acquired directly from Israel from authorized antiquity dealers. Regardless if you purchase just one widow’s mite, a widow’s mite jewelry pendant, ten widow’s mite coins or even a hoard of 100 widow’s mites, you can be assured that you will be receiving authentic relics of Biblical history that will be cherished by each person owning one of these historic and Biblically reference widow’s mite coins.
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