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Completing The Apostles On Coins - Duchy Of Urbino Mezzo Paolo 1538-74

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This coin just ekes in under the date limit for this subforum, but the topic relates (sort of) to another one here http://goccf.com/t/385101 , so ...
I have had this type on my want list for a while. The reverse depicts two of the apostles (Jesus' innermost circle of followers), Saints John and James, who were brothers. St John (S IOANN), on the left, holds a cup in his left hand, and appears to have his right hand raised in blessing. The cup refers to a legend in which he is challenged by a pagan priest to drink from a cup of poison (he survived, of course). St James (S IACOB), on the right, is the one whose remains are believed by the faithful to reside in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He is shown holding a pilgrim's walking stick in his left hand, and a book in his right; pilgrimages to Compostela were already a centuries old Christian tradition when this coin was struck.
DUchy of Urbino, mezzo paolo of Guidubaldo della Rovere, Pesaro mint, 1538-74.
Obv: Crowned arms of della Rovere family. GVI VBAL VRB DVX IIII (Guidubaldo, 4th Duke of Urbino)
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Rev: Figures of Saints John and James. S IOANN S IACOB, PISAV in exergue. (Saint John, Saint James, Pesaro)
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As best I can tell, this completes my collection of at least one coin with an image of each apostle.
For anyone interested in how to compile something like this, here is the list of apostles (in their order as recounted in Luke 6), and where the coins with their images were issued:
Peter - appears on innumerable coins of Italy-Papal Sates, Germany (cities like Mainz, Trier, Bremen and others that were archbishoprics) and a few other places, from medieval to modern times.
Andrew - Most common on late 17th-18th century coins of Brunswick-Lunenberg-Calenberg (Germany), but also 15th century florins of Brabant and nearby principalities
James and John - to the best of my knowledge only on a few coins of Urbino. late 15th to early 16th c.
Philip - Brabant florins circa 1500, and Portuguese India
Bartholomew - not on any coins
Matthew - a Papal States piastra of the late 1600s, and some medieval minors of Bari
Thomas - some coins of the Duchy of Parma (Italy)
James son of Alphaeus - not on any coins
Simon and Jude - medieval groschen of Goslar Germany c.1500
Judas Iscariot - not on any coins
Matthias (the apostle who replaced Judas) - medieval coins of Goslar, Germany c. 1500

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@tdz, congrats on finishing this collecting topic.

As I ponder the mountain of leaves on my lawn that need raking, I was going to comment that the tree on the della Rovere family shield kinda looks like it has oak leaves. At least according to wikipedia, it turns out the "della Rovere" means of the oak tree.
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Quite an accomplishment, congratulations!
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What a lovely example. Congratulations on completing the collection.
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Judas on a silver coin would be rather ironic. Very nice coin!

If you're not set on medievals here's one with Bartholomew.

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/co...Default.aspx

And the Marshall Islands made a set of 12 in brass.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/in...w=&u=&g=&se=

Ps. You link doesn't work for me but it might be because I am on my phone.
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@gincoin, I think the link is fixed now.

And thanks for your links. Since I've not found earlier representations of those missing saints, I might check into that Marshall Islands series. I do have a fairly modern Vatican coin with a St. Peter image that grabbed me, so I am not averse to modern coins.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10411.html
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Lovely coin.
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@tdziemia....Not my collecting area but can really see the appeal, a lovely looking coin and congratulations on completing your very historic set......

It has to be worth one of these..
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Congrats.
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Congrats, I don't think I have ever seen another collector take on this particular theme, but I am sure it lent itself to dozens if not hundreds of hours of research and equal amounts of scouring for the right coins!
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As they say on late night infomercials, "But wait! There's more!"

I followed up on @gincoin's input, and decided the iconography of the St Bartholomew on the Marshall Islands coin was true to tradition (he is shown with a "flaying knife," as one legend has him being skinned alive). So, a late 20th century coin (Marshall Islands, $10 1997), and the late medieval model on which it is based, to make the collection even more complete:

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Nice
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