Identify Hammered Coin Cristvs 2 Heads

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mmorgan22 Pillar of the Community United States 570 Posts	Posted 11/11/2012 3:24 pm Please help me identify this hammered coin. It has a head on each side and the word CRISTVS (cristus) on one side. The coin is 15mm in diameter. Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 11/11/2012 4:57 pm Here goes nothing! First side, obviously Jesus Christ. Other side, S BLASIVS RACUSII, or St. Blasius of Ragusa, patron saint of the principality known as the Republic of Ragusa, where I'm going to say this coin comes from, now the area of Dubrovnik in the former Yugoslavia. Edited by philadelphian 11/11/2012 5:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mmorgan22 Pillar of the Community United States 570 Posts	Posted 11/11/2012 10:54 pm Thanks for the info! I have been looking and still have not been able to find anything that looks close in my books or online. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 11/11/2012 11:15 pm Interesting coin Matt! swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 11/12/2012 12:02 am This page on the coins of Ragusa seems to show a medieval hammered silver mezzanino with St. Blasius on one side, and Christ on the other: http://www.roth37.it/COINS/Ragusa/monetazione.html Report this Post to the Staff
mmorgan22 Pillar of the Community United States 570 Posts	Posted 11/15/2012 12:28 am Thanks for the help philadelphian. Still have not been able to find an exact match. That website has one that has some similarities, but says it's made of copper. Mine is silver. Will keep searching. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 11/15/2012 08:00 am The coin I was looking at on the website was labeled mezzanino d'argento, so it's silver. Face-front portraits of St Blasius and Jesus, with what looks (in the tiny pic) to be the same legends as your coin. Not from the same dies, obviously, but to the same design specifications. Report this Post to the Staff
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 11/15/2012 8:49 pm http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=3105 Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 11/15/2012 9:00 pm And there's another! Not much new info, though. I know they're undated, but they could at least provide a ballpark range. Mmorgan22's is much more skillfully executed, IMO. Report this Post to the Staff
mmorgan22 Pillar of the Community United States 570 Posts	Posted 11/15/2012 9:30 pm Thanks for the help Philadelphian and DCH. I tried looking at zeno to see if they had anything, but not one close. I will post when I find out any more info. Report this Post to the Staff
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