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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3758873, member: 96898"]That's a beautiful coin. 1600s usually is a bit late for me, but this one is magnificent!</p><p><br /></p><p>The legend on the reverse is: "CHRIST DE HEILIGE TAUF NIMPT AN / V: SEINEM VORLAUFFER IM IORDAN;" and it translates into "Christ receives Holy Baptism / from his precursor in [the river] Jordan." Since John the Baptist, who is administering Christ's baptism in this scene, is usually regarded a precursor or forerunner of Christ, this makes a lot of sense here.</p><p><br /></p><p>The language is early modern German with dialectal traces of Low German (e.g. "de" instead of "die").</p><p><br /></p><p>Also note the Hebrew letters יהוה (YHWH), usually vocalized as "Jehovah," above the dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit on the reverse. Together with the dove and Christ, they are meant to represent the Trinity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3758873, member: 96898"]That's a beautiful coin. 1600s usually is a bit late for me, but this one is magnificent! The legend on the reverse is: "CHRIST DE HEILIGE TAUF NIMPT AN / V: SEINEM VORLAUFFER IM IORDAN;" and it translates into "Christ receives Holy Baptism / from his precursor in [the river] Jordan." Since John the Baptist, who is administering Christ's baptism in this scene, is usually regarded a precursor or forerunner of Christ, this makes a lot of sense here. The language is early modern German with dialectal traces of Low German (e.g. "de" instead of "die"). Also note the Hebrew letters יהוה (YHWH), usually vocalized as "Jehovah," above the dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit on the reverse. Together with the dove and Christ, they are meant to represent the Trinity.[/QUOTE]
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