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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Volante, post: 1807170, member: 57279&quot;]Yeah it is a bit strange, I wasn&#039;t able to find any other examples of it either.&nbsp; I just assumed that an eBay dealer that well-established wouldn&#039;t be selling fakes.&nbsp; But maybe it&#039;s a good thing I didn&#039;t have the money to buy this coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>edit--I just found this, also identified as a 16th century German thaler.&nbsp; So at least it&#039;s a common motif.</p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M7Ou8Jeyirs/T6lt-g6T4gI/AAAAAAAAEN4/2_RrKaaQtvM/s400/26brazan.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just found an example on a <a href="http://ansmagazine.com/Spring04/Cabinet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ansmagazine.com/Spring04/Cabinet" rel="nofollow">page of the ANS</a>.&nbsp; Identified as a &quot;pestilence thaler.&quot;</p><p>&quot;From the Joachimsthal region of the old central European state of Bohemia come several curious 16th-century pieces which were brought to our attention in connection with a recent inquiry from Professor Suzanne Stetkevych, of the University of Indiana. Stetkevych was researching the motif of the serpent in the Garden of Eden in respect to connections with the crucifixion. A so-called &quot;pestilence taler&quot; (Katz 8; Donebauer 4291) bears an image of a snake entwined on a cross, with a reference to Numbers: 21, while on its obverse is a crucifixion scene of Jesus on the cross with twelve kneeling apostles to the sides and a reference John: 3.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://ansmagazine.com/files/Spring04/1938.127.321.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://ansmagazine.com/files/Spring04/1938.127.321r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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