Ancient Coin Pendants

Hnadcrafted Gold & Silver Ancient Coin Pendant

An ancient coin pendant is a piece of currency that once changed hands in the streets of Jerusalem, Jericho, Caesarea, or Sepphoris, now set into a modern bezel and worn at the neck. The continuity between the original use and the present wearing is what makes this category distinctive: every coin is genuinely two thousand years old and has a verifiable history of where and when it was struck.

The collection covers four main coin types. Hasmonean prutot, the small bronze denominations of the Maccabean kingdom (140 to 37 BCE), are among the most accessible entry points. Herodian bronzes, struck under the kings descended from Herod the Great, often feature his name in Greek or images of palm branches and anchors. The famous "widow's mites" (the lepton and the prutah, mentioned in the New Testament) are particularly meaningful to Christian buyers. Bar Kochba coins from the Second Jewish Revolt (132 to 135 CE) were overstruck on Roman coins as a deliberate act of rebellion, and remain among the most historically charged objects from the period.

Settings in our Ancient Coin Pendants collection are designed to display the coin without altering it. The obverse and reverse remain visible through the bezel, and a thin wrap of solid 14K gold or sterling silver protects the edge. Pendants ship from our Jerusalem workshop with two pieces of documentation: an Israel Antiquities Authority export licence and a workshop certificate identifying the period, ruler, and approximate date of striking. Every coin is genuine, and the photograph on the product page is the exact piece you will receive.