Widow's Mite, ancient coin. 163 BC. enamel spoon

Widow's Mite, ancient coin. 163 BC. enamel spoonSize: diameter= 1cm. (0. 3) inch. As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "Truly I tell you," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." Luke 21: 1 4 The coin referred to in this passage was the "half prutah," also

which was used to illuminate the statues of the gods

Size: height= 14

After recovering her health

In the West

Vergoldung

After she had done this

During the Hellenistic Period and from this point on

Size: 38 width

Size: 7 cm diameter

to improve the world and not to worsen it

Vertical crack

It remained at nearly this weight until the time of Nero (AD 37-68)