V, lots more to be seen on the
medallion. Let me answer a couple of questions, I do not know if the # is 12 but it is very close ( I was thinking about the 12 disciplies as well.) However two of the most intersting characters are both very diffrent , the fellow on the right of the coin ( didnt come out well with the pic.) has
his whole body turned away looking off the right of the coin ( Judas?)
The guy to the left of the body is wearing what appears to be distinctly diffrent clothing , more like late
Byzantine and appears to have a low cut crown or
head garb (
King or Priest.)
Around Christs
head seems to be two wooden or box like items one on each
side. I have been looking for Angels especially if this is a depiction of "The Dormition of the Virgin." but have found nothing to even speculate that any of the characters are angels.
The sides of the
medal are perfectly smooth, in fact at one time I bet it was polished, maybe it
sat on top of a staff? The mobile item you thought of?
What if it is a relic from a non traditional
Christian religon? I have read of many diffrent sects of Christianity that exsisted in that
area of the world , they used diffrent philosphys and diffrent books in the bible. I hate to even mention this because of the Di Vinci Code popularity but maybe we are looking at someone other than the
Virgin Mary, A story that we are not familar with. I'm really reaching here but Why would
Christ be carrying a child? It seems weird for him to be carrying a symbolic version of himself. No offense to anyone, just a big speclative question and trying to find an answer.