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Widow’s Mite, Alexander Jannaeus, H6189

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Alexander Jannaeus, 104-76 BCE
AE Prutah, [14.5 mm, 1.87 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
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.

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