Widow's Mites in Sterling Silver
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These tiny bronze coins have a star
on one side, and an anchor on the other. They
were minted in Judea from 103-76 BC. It is generally accepted that they
circulated for up to a century- occasionally longer, up to and past the
time of Christ. They were commonly called prutah, lepton,
or mites. Today we know them as Widow's
Mites. These coins are specifically mentioned in Mark 12: 41-44.
"And Jesus sat over
against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the
treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain
poor widow, and she threw in two mites... and he called unto him his
disciples, and saith unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that this poor
widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the
treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her
want did cast in all she had."
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