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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pinchas BarZeev, post: 42879, member: 2646&quot;]<b>Remake of St. George Taler?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Almost identical to a &quot;George Taler&quot; from Chemnitz, Eastern Germany, 1st half 17th C. Those may have been used as amulets by horsemen. But the 17th C. amulets were differently spelled:</p><p>obv.&nbsp; S:GEORGIVS EQVITVM PATRONVS - St. George Patron of Riders</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> after S, no space between S:GEORGIVS, V instead of U, the correct Latin writing)</p><p>rev.&nbsp; IN TEMPESTATE SECVRITAS - Security in Storm</p><p>(also V instead of U).</p><p>34mm, copper or bronze</p><p><br /></p><p>Remade in Hungary late 19th C., this time the U was used instead of V, but the combination S:G... remained (S: and no space thereafter).</p><p>36 mm, alloy ?</p><p><br /></p><p>If yours is gold, that may be another variety. As this is a horsemen&#039;s amulet, and horses were the main means of transportation for millennia, I guess that such pieces were issued over and over again, in many places. A God-fearing rider simply wouldn&#039;t leave without one...</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy riding, eh...searching![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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