Post A German State Coin!

Well that's eerily disturbing. *shudder*

Then I'll spare you the commentary on the Ottingen coin

Thanks for your interest!
According to Christian tradition, Sebastian was a Roman soldier who converted a number of other soldiers to his faith. When this was found out, he was ordered tied to a tree and shot through with arrows (the image on the coin). He was found and nursed back to health, but later beaten to death (288 A.D.) in the persecution of the emperor Diocletian.

One theme in my collection is coins with images of early Christian saints. This hits an interesting (to me) intersection between the early history of Christianity and the rendering of some of these early traditions in later European medieval/Renaissance art. Coins of the German states figure prominently because each town has a patron saint, often featuring on their coins.

1915 A Germany - Empire
10 Pfennig.

Left one is a 1 Kreuzer from the Duchy of Nassau, 1859. Center one is a 50 Pfennig from the Duchy of Brunswick, 1918. Right one is a 1 Heller from the Austrian Empire, 1860. Bottom one is a 10 Pfennig from the City of Frankfurt, 1917.

City of Nordlingen -- 1/2 batzen, 1527:

a medal rather than a coin, but very German and quite intruiging

Cast silver religous medal, 1534, school of Hieronymus Magdeburger (active 1520 - 1540). Fire gilded and mounted in contemporary pendant setting; made in the tradition of the plague medals (protecting the bearer during bubonic plague epidemics)

49,2 mm. 19,42 g. Katz vgl. 127. GPH vgl. 9.

OBV: Jesus betrayed by the kiss of Judas
GIOT GRVS DICH MEISTER VND KVSSET IN MATTHEI 26. // 1534.
REV: Murder of Amasa by his nephey Joab
IOAB SPRACH ZV AMASA FRID MIT DIR MEIN BRVDER

image does not display the ring on top of the band

Constance -- 1 batzen, 1519: