Lot 2128
The Poor Widow's Mites - 61 piece Hoard. Struck by Alexander Jannaeus 104-76 BC. AE Prutah (average weight 2.15 g). "Yehonatan the High Priest and consul of the Jews." Reverse: Two cornucopiae splayed with pomegranate (pellet) between. Coins grade mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimated Value $500 - UP
Mark 12:41-44:
"And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and be beheld how the people cast money into the treasury:k and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 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 that she had…".
Ex The David Karpeles Collection.
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| Realized $9,000 |
