The obverse depiction is of Christ and his mother, Mary Magdalen and Mary of Cleophas.
The legend from John 19: 26-27, "ecce mater tua eco filius . t (ua)
"Women, behold thy son … Behold thy mother."
I can't make out the Latin inscription on the reverse, other than to guess it applies to the Judgment Day, and/or that Christ was tried in the fires of Hell, and found blameless.
The inscription over the cross on the obverse, "INRI", is "Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum", Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.
It's a Venetian medal; harasha nailed the inscriptions. The two obvese characters next to Christ on the cross are Mary, the mother of Jesus, and St. John the Evangelist (technically, he should probably be identified as "the disciple whom Jesus loved", since it is never explicitly stated who the beloved disciple is, though tradition holds that it is John the Apostle). I believe the struck originals are attributed to the 16th century.
From what I'm picking up from others is that this is a cast copy made from the same idea as the original struck pieces of the 15th-16th C.. Like anything copied, it ain't worth much.
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Rev: Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem
Christ is made for us, obedient even unto death.
Looks like some baroque religious token.
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The legend from John 19: 26-27, "ecce mater tua eco filius . t (ua)
"Women, behold thy son … Behold thy mother."
I can't make out the Latin inscription on the reverse, other than to guess it applies to the Judgment Day, and/or that Christ was tried in the fires of Hell, and found blameless.
The inscription over the cross on the obverse, "INRI", is "Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum", Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.
Virtus Collection - Renaissance and Baroque Medals
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