Orions Belt And Unknown Token

I'm glad to see you brought this up. I was away from CCF for 1-2 years, and when I came back I wondered if your coin/token was ever IDed.

At first, I thought it was a fellow banging a drum, like in a marching band.

Then, I thought it was a pregnant lady, with a pronounced but off center belly-button. But there are other feminine attributes of a pregnant woman that aren't shown, so that seems unlikely.

Now that you bring up the shield, that could fit as well. But I'd expect the guys to have swords or some type of weapon as well, so maybe not.

I don't think the stars fit. They're roughly equidistant from each other while your stick figures aren't. But it might not be barking up the wrong tree to think of possible mystical connections.

Now that I look at it: Do you think the circles are identical (made by a punch) but the stick figures are freehand?

It's fun to speculate, but I suspect that only one human being can say why it was made and if it 'means' anything......

wheatiefan, great observation. Just finished looking at the figures under the microscope and I would have to agree with your assessment. The circles are punched and the stick figures are not consistent in proportion, depth and size which I would now say they were done by hand. Good eye...

sap..While researching this aspect of Orion I have found several interpretations of the stars and what they represent. One is of the picture in my second post a giant-warrior with shield, another one is of Orion with a club and lion, a third is of a female warrior with bow. As you pointed out and I think different peoples and cultures viewed these same stars with different meaning of what they meant to them and their region.

What I do know is that it has taken me several years to find any thing this close that has some sort of pattern and potential relationship. Orion's Belt is certainly worthy of more research.

The figures on the token done by punch and hand are not going to be exact and the real meaning, interpretation, beliefs and reasons will only be known by the maker.

DVCollector...great comment "you might want to ask yourself why these symbols have legs"...

I have many times..Several years ago when I first seen and purchased this token my initial thought was of warriors with shields and now that Orion was suggested to me as a possible connection I am exploring that first thought.

Your other comment "I just find the token interesting for its patina and crudeness; it looks fairly old" is right on the money and another reason to pursue Orion's Belt.

Who ever made this did not have good tools and did a great job with what they had on hand and by hand. I believe it is possible the stick figures were done to represent a warrior as perceived by the maker as what the stars and Orion's Belt meant to him.

Attached is a picture with four Orions as others perceive them to be...