FREE: #113-Widows Mite

What you have is a Widow's Mite, which looks like it may be a reproduction.

i have widow mites they date from 63 B.C. to 100A.D. none of mine look that good,since they are bronze,where is all the patina ,dirt,and corrosion?

i deal in antiquities from the holy land, some it predates this era its only 2,000 years old. Some of my Jewish artifacts made out of bronze,oil burners are all deep green(corrosion),date back to the time of Moses the Law Giver

I agree with , this is a reproduction,not a real widows mite. You see there was no banks and people put in muslin bags and buried it in the sands. so, if you were out walking in Egypt and came upon a bag,this and schekles (thirty pieces silver to buy off Judas) is what you would find. its known as a cache. it would have dirt,corrosion and green patina, i have 30 years in this field, i come with references, from New York City dealers in auction houses and Stacks coin auctions

my business name is World Wide Antiquities and estate jewelry for 40 years, i have dealt in Sumarian, Indo-China, Asia and Middle East (N. Africa), cuniform tablets, lapis artworks from ancient Egyptian scarabs, limestone,sandstone, carved stone Ibis, Hathor, eye of horus,etc.