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Dwaynewatts New Member United Kingdom 1 Posts	Posted 12/18/2017 11:16 am Found what I think is a strang coin, never seen it before. It's tiny so not the best quality pictures. The prints stick out of the coin maybe 1-2 mm Reads- sancta Maria ad nives ora pro nobis - dedicatio s.mariae ad nives Assuming they're some sort of religious statements. Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 195203 Posts	Posted 12/18/2017 11:32 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 12/18/2017 4:24 pm Its not a coin, it is a medallion. There was probably a shank to put on a necklace, or the entire medallion might have been encased by a bezel. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 12/18/2017 8:36 pm Catholic charm or jewelry piece. The reference is to the famous St. Mary of the Snows Basilica in Rome - in Italian, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, the Church of St. Mary Major, as seen on one side. There are lots of other churches named St. Mary of the Snows, too. Formerly (in Latin) she and her basilica were venerated as Sancta Maria Ad Nives, and a feast day was celebrated for the dedication of her basilica on August 5 -- the day (ca. 350 AD) when snow supposedly miraculously fell at the hilltop site of the original Basilica in Rome in the middle of summer: nives = snows. In the modern Calendar it is now called simply the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary, still on August 5. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 12/19/2017 07:22 am To the forum. Report this Post to the Staff
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