The Widow's Mite Coin: is a bronze lepton currency discovered in Israel and used in the new testament times. Read More...
It was the lowest and smallest bronze currency in Jesus time,
Read the biblical story of Jesus Christ and the poor widow in the gospels of Mark 12:41-44 and Luke 21:1-4.
Although this coin is small and unimpressive, it is a constant reminder of Jesus’ message. God values the heart and sacrifice of a person, not the outward standards of people.
This Jewish second temple coin was minted by Alexander Jannaeus in the Hasmonean period during the war of the maccabees.