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Pillar of the Community
United States
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All this says is "Hector".   Help appreciated, as always  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe it to be some sort of medallion. I saw one when I was a child. I remember being told it was roman. Hope this helps.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2669 Posts |
Yes, thank you.. every little bit of info helps  |
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Valued Member
Netherlands
376 Posts |
one of Las Vegas casino keyrings? I never went there.
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New Member
Canada
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HECTOR was a great character in Greek Mythology ... Perhaps it is a Greek Coin or Token.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Or maybe it's just a coin-like fantasy piece, the equivalent of philately's "Cinderellas". I think it's definitely modern, but what it is exactly, I couldn't say.
If it was Greek, though, I would think the Greek alphabet would have been used.
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Valued Member
United States
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WpgLwr is right.
Hector was the chief warrior of the Trojans in Homer's Iliad. However, the spelling (and alphabet) is the typical English translation of the Greek name. I suspect that this is a modern medallion. I'm not sure what the flower is on the reverse, but it looks like a Tudor rose. Very curious!
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Valued Member
United States
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I hope it is not rude of me to post twice in a row. (I'm new here, so I certainly don't want to dominate the conversation)
I'm fascinated by this token! It just occurred to me that there is a folk myth tradition in England going back to the middle ages that the British Islands were first colonized by Felix Brutus (grandson of Aeneas and a refugee of the Trojan War). Could that explain why there is a picture of Hector (and the name in English) on one side and a Tudor rose (heraldic symbol of England) on the other?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I highly doubt this medallion has much to do with England. First of all the Tudor rose is more complex, it is 5 petals but repeated on a couple of concentric circles. Second, the Brits like using Latin, this is plain English (or French?). Someone went for an ancient looks with this thing, but neither the image nor the legend look ancient to me.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I agree with Svslav in that this definitely isn't a Tudor rose - any depiction of a Tudor Rose I have seen on tokens usually has quite a definite stylistic resemblance to the Tudor rose, this one looks too naturalistic. No doubt the classical figure of Hector is well known throughout the western world, so it could be quite hard to pin down exactly where this piece was made
www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk
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Valued Member
United States
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I didn't mean to argue that the piece was old. It looks modern to me. You may be right about the rose. I certainly don't know what this is. However, the mythic association of England with ancient Troy was a tradition that survived well into the 20th century. My guess is that this is a British patriotic token, and judging by the style, I guess WW1 era. Do you think the flower could be a poppy? (Making this a kind of WW1 veteran's token?) Edited by Brian Mc
11/06/2009 12:55 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Overall, it does have the look of early 20th C.  |
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Valued Member
United States
124 Posts |
Only thing I can say for sure is that it sure is curious!
What keeps me intrigued is that I keep thinking that there must be some connection between Hector and the flower-with-rays design on the rev. But I've already exhausted anything else I can think of!
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