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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7454318, member: 97383&quot;]medoraman, Excellent article &amp; fascinating token <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! These tokens must have been important souvenirs/mementos for pilgrims of modest means visiting the <b>Church of the Holy Sepulcher</b> in Jerusalem. The more &quot;well-to-do&quot; pilgrims either bought or brought with them encolpia that could hold a small sample of earth from the ground where Christ was crucified, like the one pictured below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292289[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Byzantine bronze encolpion with Christ on one side &amp; the Virgin Mary on the other side, 9th - 11th century, 3.0 in long.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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