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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4876542, member: 96898&quot;]That&#039;s a nice example! These were struck for a very long time – I got the early modern succesor issue here:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177864[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Metz, Imperial City, AR gros, after 1588 AD. Obv: ·S·STEPHA·+·PROTH·M; St. Stephen kneeling l. in prayer between two coats of arms, hand of God above. Rev: BNDICT·SIT·NOM·DNI·IHV·X; GROSSVS·METE; cross with four stars. 24mm, 2.13g. Rev: Flon p. 749.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And to keep it medieval, here is another St. Stephen. A favorite coin of mine:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1177865[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Bishopric of Halberstadt, under Gero von Schermbke/von Schochwitz, AR bracteate penny, 1169–1177 AD. Obv: + S–STEPHANVSPROTOMARTI; bust of St. Stephen facing between three stones and star. Rev: negative design. 25mm, 0.83g. Ref: Berger 1324; Slg. Bonhoff 483.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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