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robin chad New Member Jordan 2 Posts	Posted 02/01/2025 11:45 am hi everyone! This coin or medal is placed in the middle of an old book cover. Who can identify it? Report this Post to the Staff

livingwater Pillar of the Community United States 2213 Posts	Posted 02/01/2025 11:51 am Welcome to CCF! Likely it's just a decoration made for the book, not a coin or medal, maybe not silver, just cheap metal. It could be related to what the book is about or a symbol of the printer. It looks like the well known British depiction of St. George slaying the dragon. Edited by livingwater 02/01/2025 11:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
captainmandrake1 Pillar of the Community United States 878 Posts	Posted 02/01/2025 12:29 pm I think it's Greek and it says Georgios on it. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 02/01/2025 12:39 pm Yes thx @cap. I had been thinking Cyrillic at first, but I agree with those being Greek. @rob, first welcome to CCF. Second, can you please share more about the book? Author, publisher, date, etc. Thx! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
robin chad New Member Jordan 2 Posts	Posted 02/01/2025 12:48 pm @livingwater thank you Yes, you noticed that the metal was of poor quality and as you mentioned earlier, it was a decoration for a book written mostly in Hebrew. @captainmandrake1 you are right its "Georgios" thank you @Spence thank you i will share more photo when I can Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 02/01/2025 2:07 pm The lettering is ΑΓ ΓΕωΡΓΙΟC, which is Greek for "St George", written in a fancy font. The picture is reasonably faithful to the standard iconic depiction of St. George slaying the dragon. I'm assuming that the content of the book probably relates to Saint George in some way, but I agree that it could also be related to the printer instead. I don't get the impression of poor quality, though it seems to have been harshly cleaned at some point. I'm fairly confident that the medallion-or-whatever was inset in the original binding - not that I have much of an idea why. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7933 Posts	Posted 02/06/2025 08:03 am Quote: The lettering is ΑΓ ΓΕωΡΓΙΟC, which is Greek for "St George", written in a fancy font. The picture is reasonably faithful to the standard iconic depiction of St. George slaying the dragon. For what it's worth, Saint George's cult was prominent in the Greek speaking world long before it was adopted in Western Europe where we see it on some well-known coin types (beleive it or not, he appears on some Byzantine coins without his horse!) Report this Post to the Staff
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