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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 8048306, member: 10461"]That trident is indeed the symbol of the modern nation of Ukraine, and appears on some of their present-day coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ukraine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ukraine" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ukraine</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1393362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The symbol may have also once appeared on earlier (even <i>much</i> earlier) coins, though I do not know.</p><p><br /></p><p>These have the appearance in general design of medieval pieces, but their style also looks suspiciously similar to how cast modern fantasies or reproductions might. I'd be very cautious about labeling them as bona fide medieval pieces. But again, I don't know.</p><p><br /></p><p>They're certainly interesting, whatever they are, whether or not they are truly medieval or much more modern Ukrainian fantasies of some kind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 8048306, member: 10461"]That trident is indeed the symbol of the modern nation of Ukraine, and appears on some of their present-day coins. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ukraine[/URL] [ATTACH]1393362[/ATTACH] The symbol may have also once appeared on earlier (even [I]much[/I] earlier) coins, though I do not know. These have the appearance in general design of medieval pieces, but their style also looks suspiciously similar to how cast modern fantasies or reproductions might. I'd be very cautious about labeling them as bona fide medieval pieces. But again, I don't know. They're certainly interesting, whatever they are, whether or not they are truly medieval or much more modern Ukrainian fantasies of some kind.[/QUOTE]
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