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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 5429697, member: 10461&quot;]At one point I had a Roman bronze of Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, who became<i> Saint</i> Helena, but I no longer have pictures of it.&nbsp; It was an OK example but not particularly impressive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some other saints, from my past and present collections.</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Croatia (Ragusa): silver grosso portraying St. Blasius and Christ, ca. 1372-1438</b></font></font></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/EfE4czLzTce2d0b9Zlsj_Ragusa-grosso-014290-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(St. Blasius is the guy who looks like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Chong" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Chong" rel="nofollow">Tommy Chong</a> or a hippie there, flashing the peace sign.&nbsp; Everybody knows who the figure on the other side is.)</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Italy (Venice): silver grosso of Antonio Venier, ca. 1382-1400</b></font></font></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/8NbihC3TLyPRLHt1kORQ_Italy-Venice-AR-Grosso-AntonioVenier-017308-frame-v2.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(One of those figures on the obverse is the Doge Antonio Venier himself, I suspect- the fella with the hat on the left, perhaps?&nbsp; But who&#039;s the one with the halo there, on the right?&nbsp; Could be a saint, but I confess I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; Obviously, we have Christ on the other side, once again.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">France (Metz, Free Imperial City): silver gros, civic issue, ca. 1400s-1552</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/qQ3tGLsCRX652qeBMWWF_old%20metz%20gros.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Saint Stephen, beneath a <i>manus dei</i>- the long-fingered hand of God.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Another of the same type:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/hAahYAS7QPCVYzitiWgP_Metz-800x400-gradient.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Switzerland (Basel): gold guilder (goldgulden) of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, ca. 1452-1478</b></font></font></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/7BvsAAmyTAKDZG3hHVEG_Basel-gg-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Isn&#039;t the Virgin Mary the most venerated saint of them all?&nbsp; I have had a bunch of little <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hungarian-madonna-child-denars-fun-and-affordable-early-dated-silver-coins.301066/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hungarian-madonna-child-denars-fun-and-affordable-early-dated-silver-coins.301066/">Hungarian denars</a> with her on there as well.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Papal States: silver testone of Pope Paul IV, ca. 1555-1559</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/k0S6V8CqRYuK56em1tBS_papalstates_800.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Saint Peter here, holding the key to the Pearly Gates of Heaven.&nbsp; It&#039;s a pretty big key.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Austria (Salzburg) silver 3-kreuzer, 1681; Saint Rupert in bishop&#039;s miter with crozier</b></font></font></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/L6FrmcfEToGcZ7wjQtnp_WCA-Austria-Salzburg-3kr-1681-UNC.jpg%26key%3Db1986e0fd77ca868281f127614ba715c5e3357790cbd5cf44adca1f22cd85fae" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Saint Rupert appears on a lot of Salzburg&#039;s coinage, as you know.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the Dr. Jacob Terner collection</b></font></font></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Z8mdVrRjSaGGJRHr95kq_1901-Terner%20HS-800x500-label.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Saint George and the dragon is a common motif on British and Russian coins.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if he&#039;s on some coins of Georgia as well- the country, that is, not the US state.)</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, the Buddha isn&#039;t a Christian saint, but he&#039;s no less important as a religious figure.&nbsp; In fact, if one considers Him to be a prophet of God, I reckon he outranks mere saints.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Nepal: gold proof Asarfi of Gyanendra Shah (1/20th-ounce), Lord Buddha commemorative, VS2052 (1995)</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/0h0UGj0SzTBduMdxcqeg_Nepal-Buddha-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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