Please Help Me Identify This Ancient Coin!

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ms22tq Valued Member Czech Republic 56 Posts	Posted 07/07/2015 11:27 am I have this really cool coin but I cant find any information about it. Can you guys help? Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/07/2015 11:35 am Interesting piece, I'm not sure if it's a coin or a religious token. I see what looks like a date of 156? though. Hopefully some one will come along that recognizes it. Report this Post to the Staff
ms22tq Valued Member Czech Republic 56 Posts	Posted 07/07/2015 11:56 am It looks like a picture of a crucifixion, so it could very well be a religious token like you say. The back could be a person hanging in/around :) a tree with someone dancing. Report this Post to the Staff
ms22tq Valued Member Czech Republic 56 Posts	Posted 07/07/2015 12:00 pm And yes it looks like 156- something but could it not also be a 3? 136-someting...? Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 07/07/2015 12:05 pm Quote: The back could be a person hanging in/around :) a tree with someone dancing. Fall of Man...eating from the Tree of Knowledge... Report this Post to the Staff
TypeCoin971793 Pillar of the Community United States 6370 Posts	Posted 07/07/2015 12:31 pm I like it as I think it's cool, but I know absolutely nothing about it. Report this Post to the Staff
ms22tq Valued Member Czech Republic 56 Posts	Posted 07/07/2015 1:58 pm I cant make out the writings on the edges and it looks really ornamental... Report this Post to the Staff
oh my florin Pillar of the Community Australia 1006 Posts	Posted 07/07/2015 11:30 pm The date looks like 1360 or 1560 but I think it is a 1360. I haven't seen any coins like this however a religious token seems appropriate. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4984 Posts	Posted 07/07/2015 11:52 pm interesting...no idea. I assume its copper? i thought 1560 on the left but could be 1360 now that you mention it. is it big? could it be a medal? Edited by chrsmat71 07/07/2015 11:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 07/08/2015 01:17 am I can't find anything specific to this token/medal (I don't think it's a coin), but apparently the symbolic uniting of the crucifixion scene with the Fall (serpent-entwined tree of knowledge with Eve plucking fruit) has a history: http://www.warstar.info/hermitage_m...e_elder.html http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i...98C45B6493D0 Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 07/08/2015 01:49 am Obverse: The Cross, sometimes referred to in hymns as "the tree". Reverse: The tree of knowledge of good and evil (Gen.2:17). This the essential feature which distinguishes Man from the animals. DNA doesn't do that. I suspect that we may be still related to the animals by evolution. Nice complimetray way of referring to two trees, both on a coin - like object. This is a religious token, not a coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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