Ancient Biblical Widows Mite Coin Ring (Size 6.5)

A tiny bronze sun, spinning on a silver hinge.

This ancient Biblical widows mite coin ring, in size 6.5, comes from Jerusalem, Judea, in present day Israel, in the Middle East. The coin dates to the 1st century BCE, and the setting is bronze and sterling silver. The name widow's mite comes from the Gospel story of a poor widow who gave two small coins, and it is commonly applied to the small bronze coins of that era. The dark coin carries a radiating pattern of raised points. It sits in a round bezel that swivels between two scrolled terminals, so either face can be turned outward. The band is smooth and simply curved.

Small change, made to last two thousand years and then some.