aul Hollis Rare Coins makes available a wide variety of international treasures that were specifically mentioned in the Bible. Premium examples of widow's mites are typically a few hundred dollars but there are coins that can trade for thousands of dollars. You can attempt to build out a set that includes every coin mentioned in the Old Testament or the New Testament. Another collecting strategy would be to own a coin that was struck in each one of the metallic compositions such as bronze, copper, silver, gold, and nickel. Only your own imagination can limit you when it comes to making future purchases and building out interesting and historical sets.

Examples of other biblical coins that we offer:

 

The Widow's Mite was hand cast from bronze over 2,000 years ago. It was minted under the authority of the Kings of Judea between 130 and 37 B.C. The mite was the smallest bronze coin in use at the time. Although most of the coins were struck 100 B.C., they were still being used in temples throughout Jerusalem as offerings during the lifetime of Christ. They were thin and crudely struck and most of them are severely off center. There is an anchor on one side and a star or image of a wheel on the reverse. This coin is one of the most popular of all biblical coins as it is a direct link to the bible and is mentioned specifically in several passages.

But looking up he saw the rich who were putting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. And he said, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all."
Luke 21:1-4

 

Constantine the Great was the first Roman emperor to proclaim Christianity as a state religion. He is also credited for establishing Sunday as the day of worship. It was under his leadership that Christianity flourished in Rome and throughout the Mediteranean. Constantine the Great renamed the city of Byzantium after himself and built many churches througout the Holy Land.

 

 

Many foreign coins traded throughout the region and the Roman Denarius was widely accepted and circulated. Laborers, fisherman, and soldiers typically earned about one denarius per day. Silver denari were the usual form of payment for taxes by the Roman emporers.

 

 

 

 
 

 


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