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Replica - Widow's Mite
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| Type | Replica coin |
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| Obverse script | Paleo-Hebrew |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a six-pointed star or spoked wheel motif at the centre of the field, rendered as six radial arms each terminating in a pellet, evoking the appearance of a lily or asterisk. The design is enclosed within a continuous dotted border consistent with the obverse. The plain, unlettered field and central star device replicate the reverse type of the Hasmonean lepton, particularly the prutah of Alexander Jannaeus, which commonly features this radiate or floral symbol within a diadem or border. |
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The "Widow's Mite" designation comes from the Gospel of Mark, in which a poor widow donates two lepta — the smallest denomination in circulation in Roman-era Judaea — to the Temple treasury. The lepton was struck by various Hasmonean and later Herodian rulers, and the specific coin type grouped under this popular label spans multiple reigns and decades. This piece is a modern replica.