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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2948678, member: 10461&quot;]Another double-headed eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Russia-5K-1772-EM.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now let&#039;s switch to coins showing a <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger" rel="nofollow">globus cruciger</a></b>.&nbsp; That&#039;s the little orb with the cross on top of it, seen in the talon of the eagle on the right side of the Russian coin here, and also being held by the emperor Charles V in the gold coin I posted <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-leader-coin-thread-by-theme-for-all-types-of-coins-tokens-and-medals.299335/page-91#post-2948649" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-leader-coin-thread-by-theme-for-all-types-of-coins-tokens-and-medals.299335/page-91#post-2948649">above</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>That sounds pretty obscure for a theme, but there are quite a few shown on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never knew it was called a &quot;globus cruciger&quot; until I bought that Brabant florin.&nbsp; I always just called it an &quot;orb&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t have a globus cruciger, you may just post a plain old globe, but let&#039;s try for some with the cross on top of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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