Widow’s Mite, Alexander Jannaeus, H6189

Alexander Jannaeus, 104-76 BCE
AE Prutah, (15.5 mm, 1.91 g), Jerusalem mint
Obv: Paleo-Hebrew (Priest the King) between the eight rays of star within diadem
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (of Alexander King); surrounding inverted anchor
Ref: Hendin6# 6189, Hendin5 #1150

The “Widow’s Mite” of the Bible [Mark 12 and Luke 21]. These early types have a full prutah weight and large module size – compared to later prutah of significantly smaller size.