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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5628066, member: 96898"]Nice taler, @ wcg! I think that on your coin, St. Stephen also holds three stones as the instrument of his martyrdom. I got a much earlier St. Stephen from Halberstadt:[ATTACH=full]1242228[/ATTACH] 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. Another St. Stephen, this time from Metz:[ATTACH=full]1242227[/ATTACH] 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. And since I'm already here, here are some more medieval and early modern saints from my collection. St. Maurice:[ATTACH=full]1242231[/ATTACH] Archbishopric of Magdeburg, under Albrecht von Käfernburg, bracteate penny, ca. 1220–1232. Obv: OICI – IVSDV; St. Maurice, nimbate and wearing armour, standing facing, holding cross and lance flag; below, church building with two towers and an arch; inside, cranium relic. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 23mm, 0.68g. Ref: Berger 1586; Slg. Hauswaldt 167; Slg. Bonhoff 712. St. Gall:[ATTACH=full]1242229[/ATTACH] Abbey of St. Gall, under Ulrich IV von Tegerfelden, AR bracteate, 1167-1199 AD. Obv: +MONETA•SANCTI•GALLI; bearded bust of St. Gall, with tonsure, facing. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 23mm, 0.46g. Ref: Berger 2568–9; HMZ 1-463; Slg. Bonhoff 1818; Slg. Wüthrich 273. St. Kilian:[ATTACH=full]1242230[/ATTACH] Bishopric of Würzburg, under Gottfried Schenk von Limpurg, AR schilling, 1443–1453. Obv: SANCTVS * KILIANVS *; St. Kilian, mitred and nimbate, standing facing with sword and crosier. Rev: +MON’ * ARGE’ * HERBIPOLENS’ *; shield (arms of the bishop). 25mm, 2.11g. Ref: Ehwald 5601. St. Rupert:[ATTACH=full]1242232[/ATTACH] Archbishopric of Salzburg, under Johann Ernst von Thun, AR 15 kreuzer, 1687 AD. Obv: S: RVDBERTVS (15) EPS: SALISB: 1687; St. Rupert sitting facing, holding salt box in r. hand and crozier in l. hand. Rev: IO: ERNEST9 D: G: ARCHIEP: SAL: S: A: L:; sexpartite shield with arms of Salzburg and Austria above, and the family arm of Johann Ernst von Thun below, under a cardinal’s hat. 27mm, 5.63g. Ref: KM 250; Zöttl 2007. [/QUOTE]

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