10 Ancient coins, Widows' Mite. 163 BC. CARVED WOOD

10 Ancient coins, Widows' Mite. 163 BC. CARVED WOODSize: standard diameter= 1cm. (0. 3) inch. 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,"

in the 5th century

Over the centuries

In the Epistle of Jude Michael is specifically referred to as "the archangel Michael"

is traditionally celebrated on 23 April

Together with a large silver gilt cloisonné enameled tea strainer

JOHN THE FORERUNNER Greek

according to this teaching

The halo gilded

75 inches x 20

Price mentioned that Alexander's drachm mints in Asia Minor likely followed the precedent set by previous Perian mints there that struck small rather than large silver denominations

initially due to Greek and Jewish religious tensions

2 and length= 9 inch