A Bloody Unknown Gold Piece

WoW!!!! Now isn't this forum AWESOME!! Thanks for the thread ucncllmeal!

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Originally posted by toast

I'm amazed at Ageka, how did you come across that site and find the image?

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I understand 7 plus languages unfortunately latin is not one of them since I did modern languages and mathematics at high school

So first I found out by trial and error there are really four different text inscriptions independantly on the coin
( There is one on the banner which was not mentioned )

The key was CORONAM EN DECORAM SERVATOR CONFERT ET SHEVAT
but even that resulted in no hits
So I did what I always do researching obscure gold coins for sale on ebay I cut the thing in pieces

CORONAM EN DECORAM SERVATOR was the only input giving output on my webcrawler and the fourth hit was the coin and explanation in German

http://www.metacrawler.com/info.met.../top/-/-/1/1

Kingdom Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld

Als Christian Ernst 1745 starb und Franz Josias den Saalfelder Landesteil erbte, ließ dieser zum Gedenken an seinen Bruder einen prachtvollen Dukaten prägen.
Upon the death of Christian Ernst in 1745 his brother Franz Josias inherited the Saalfeld part and had the Ducat made as a memory to his brother

The coin is known as the religious Dukat
Backside is the eagle flying to the sun the eagle is crowned by a godly hand coming out of the sun
Text CORONAM EN DECORAM SERVATOR CONFERT ET SERVAT
At the bottom NON EST MORTALE QUOD OPTO
The obverse is (the dead) Christian Ernst kneeling in front of the Jesus Cross with in the background the picture of what the city of Saalfeld looked like at the time and a rebuilt castle can be seen
Text in a halfcircle LAS DIR AN MEINER GNADE GENUGEN
Text at the edge IESU DU SOHN DAVID ERBARME DICH MEIN

Way to go, Ageka! This is a beautiful piece, Ucncllmeal.

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Originally posted by Gary Burke

You are amazing Ageka!!

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I whish somebody would tell that to my wife
Only joking