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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 3300990, member: 39"]Problem is, most sites that "cover" Vatican coins do not have detailed descriptions of what is depicted on the coins. The catalog that I have (Schön) is usually pretty good about providing such information, but in the lira years the Vatican had new designs and "thematic sets" almost every year ...</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin in the upper left corner could depict the Lazarus scene, and the one below says "Fortitudo", so I suppose this is an allegoric representation of fortitude. The two on the left actually have (very short) descriptions in the Schön; the upper one is about taking care of prisoners ("Christianity and solidarity" set), the lower one about maternity ("family values" set).</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 3300990, member: 39"]Problem is, most sites that "cover" Vatican coins do not have detailed descriptions of what is depicted on the coins. The catalog that I have (Schön) is usually pretty good about providing such information, but in the lira years the Vatican had new designs and "thematic sets" almost every year ... The coin in the upper left corner could depict the Lazarus scene, and the one below says "Fortitudo", so I suppose this is an allegoric representation of fortitude. The two on the left actually have (very short) descriptions in the Schön; the upper one is about taking care of prisoners ("Christianity and solidarity" set), the lower one about maternity ("family values" set). Christian[/QUOTE]
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