Article with analysis of Lepta and Prutah with comments from David Hendin

[egurevich]

Hello.
I just posted an article that I wrote that has an interesting new analysis of the relationship between Lepta, Prutah and the Roman Republic coinage. David Hendin was kind enough to read the article and provide his thoughts, which I have posted in the comments. Read here:

http://www.bavlionline.org/roman-origins-of-the-jewish-marriage-kiddushin-procedure/

Thanks
Eli

[Robert_Brenchley]

Good article.

[lawrence c]

Thanks for posting.  Very interesting.
Best,
Larry

[Robert_Brenchley]

I agree that Jannaeus 'lepta' are nothing of the sort; I haven't looked at those of other rulers. Where a coin has a distinct type, which obviously isn't true of the Janneus star and anchor coins, which cover such a wide range of weights, there may be a better case for their being a distinct denomination. It would be worth looking at the whole area sometime.