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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 7994330, member: 26302&quot;]I wrote up the first purchases of these here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/true-cross-pilgrim-token.379403/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/true-cross-pilgrim-token.379403/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/true-cross-pilgrim-token.379403/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, since I waited this long, I wasn&#039;t going to let another one sneak past me. I picked this up in Obolos recently. No, I do not know why I buy multiples of items. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386844[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>JUDAEA. Jerusalem. Circa 7th century AD. (Clay, 15 mm, 1.22 g). H N B I (Jesus of Nazaret, King of the Judaeans) The True Cross of Jesus Christ. Rev. Plain. Mitchiner, Medieval Pilgrim &amp; Secular Badges 1062-1064. About extremely fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>From an American Collection, acquired from David Hendin.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.&quot; - Philippians 2:8</p><p><br /></p><p>The relic that was first acknowledged as the cross that Jesus Christ died upon was found by Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great in AD 324. When Khusru II seized Jerusalem in 614 he confiscated the sacred “true cross” of the Church. After the cross was captured, it remained in Persia for 14 years until it was recovered by Heraclius who eventually brought it back to Jerusalem. Pieces of this cross were supposedly burned and mixed with clay to create circular uniface tokens - as this piece - that commemorated Christ’s victory on the cross.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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