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New Member
United States
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Ok. Found this about 6 feet burried in my backyard. I have no idea if its sum kind of coin or anything about it. Anyone seen anything like this before? Thx   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
Not a coin, but some type of zodiac medal, interesting.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
2895 Posts |
greek zodiac medal
back is aquarius (Υδροχόος)
looks like alu?
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New Member
 United States
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Ya. I have no idea. Lots of detail and its sterling
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3253 Posts |
Welcome!
It's clearly a jewelry piece. Is that a date below the antelope in the center? Perhaps with a flanking N and A (or nu and delta) for the maker's initials?
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New Member
United States
8 Posts |
The date says 1947. Cant make out anything else
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
2895 Posts |
The names are in greek:
1-2 : aquarius : Υδροχόος
2-3 : Pisces fishes : ΙΧΘΕΙΣ
3-4 : aries ram : ΚΡΙΟΣ
4-5 : taurus bull : Τ'ΥΡΟΣ
5-6 : gemini twins : "Ι"ΥΜΟΙ
6-7 : cancer crab : Κ'ΡΚΙΝΟΥ
7-8 : leo lion : ΛΕΩΝ
8-9 : virgo virgin : Π'ΡΘΕΝΟΣ
9-10 : libra balance : -Υ"ΟΣ
10-11 : scorpius scorpion : ΣΚΟΡΠΙΟΣ
11-12 : Sagittarius archer : ΤΟΞΟΤΗΣ
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New Member
United States
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Ya. I dont know where to take it to have it checked out.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
183 Posts |
the man pouring liquid out of the container could
represent aquarius, maybe it's part of a set?
HH
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New Member
United States
8 Posts |
I have no idea where to take it to get apraised or anything
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Valued Member
South Africa
453 Posts |
Maybe a curse? Maybe it was buried for a reason
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New Member
United States
8 Posts |
Mabey. Lol. I know I'mnot going to re-burry it ;)
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Valued Member
South Africa
453 Posts |
With a find like that I will take my chances its beautifull so if its connected to a spirit its ok I will haunt the spirit lol
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New Member
United States
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Moderator
 Australia
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It isn't cursed or anything. It's just an astrological medal; as HawkHybrid said, the water-carrier represents the star-sign Aquarius. The Greek text are the original Greek names for the star-signs; although the names we use for them now are Latin in origin, the star-signs themselves were copied by the ancient Romans from the Greek astrology charts.
It's previous owner probably wore it on a chain and lost it when the chain broke. Landscaping would presumably have subsequently buried it much deeper.
Whoever made it probably made the full set of 12 star-signs, so you could go into a New Age supplies store and buy whichever particular star-sign you wanted. "1947" appears to be part of the central logo, so it might be the year the company that made it or sold it was founded, rather than the year the medal was actually made, but it does set an earliest possible date.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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