Does anyone collect Christian coins?

In other words, coins with the images of Christ or other Christian themes on them.  I'll start the topic off with the following coin from Hungary.  This probably applies to other religions too, but I'll post it on another thread:

Hungary: Charles Róbert (1307-1342) BI Denár (Huszár-450, Unger-357)

Obv: Christ standing facing within mandorla, raising right hand in benediction; in left, book of Gospels
Rev: Kneeling Angel facing left with a halo and cross

I don't specifically collect them, but recently I was happy to finally find this Hungarian Madonna.

Very nice   .  The Madonna was prominent in Hungarian coins after 1500s, but that is about the period I stopped collecting medieval coins as the coinage starts to take a more modern look to them.  Here is another one from Bulgaria.  Notice the "Five Sacred Wounds of Christ" on the book of gospels that Christ is holding:

Bulgaria: Mihail Assen III Šišman (1323-1330) AR Grosh (Raduchev & Zhekov Type 1.11.3)

Obv: Christ enthroned facing, IC XC across field
Rev: MICHAEL ASENX (S retrograde), Mihail and St. Mark (?) standing facing, holding banner between them; I/P to left of banner

Here in Mexico religion is prohibited from anything related to the state, so not a single coin with religious motive has ever been done (unless you count the colonial coins with a cross in their shields, which was more a + than a † ). Only 2 of our bank notes ever portrayed a clear religious figure in them; our 2000 Peso with a nun and in her chest a cross and a religious painting, then when it was portrayed again in the new 200 MXN ones, she was cut to only show her face. The only other note with a religious image ever made was the 200 MXN Independence one, which had the Virgen de Guadalupe banner in it; no surprise there that it only lasted in circulation for 2 years (also because it was commemorative, so it was planned to circulate for a short time period). But not a single coin.

I like the Order of Malta coins. I think it doesn't get more Christian than that.

Even in the United States, religion-based themes are not added to our coinage, other than "In God We Trust" which the atheists have been trying to remove.  Since I collect mostly medieval coinage, there are tons of Christian coins...

Here is an older version of the coin nalaberong posted from Hungary.  This is about the tail end of my collecting sphere in regards to medieval Hungarian coins:


Hungary: Ferdinánd I (1526-1564) BI Denár (Huszár-935, Réthy-40, Unger-745a)

Obv: FERDINAND · D · G · R · VNG ✴ 1537 ✴; Quartered Coat of Arms (strips, double cross, leopard heads, Bohemian lion), at the heart, Austrian Shield
Rev: PATRONA · ✴ · VNGARIE; Virgin Mary, crowned, enthroned facing, holding infant Jesus; across field, K-B (Kremnitz)

There are few modern coins with Christian motives.

Armenia 50 Dram - with Haghpat Monastery
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces35652.html

Bulgaria 1 Lev with St John of Rila
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5109.html

Macedonia 50 Denari with Archangel Michael
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6534.html

Nagorno Karabakn 1 Dram with St Gregory
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2412.html

Romania 50 Bani with St Basarab
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces35220.html

Russia 5 Kopeck with St George
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1218.html

Slovakia 2 Euro with St Constantine and St Methodius
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces46328.html

Serbia 20 Dinara with Temple of St Sava
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7353.html

Vatican City 2 Euro with St Paul
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5083.html

From Modern Day coinage,

Vatican City 1987 500 Lire - Ioannes Paulus II

Thanks for the posts.  I, for the most part, gave up on "modern" coinage a while ago.  Unless it is Far East or the Indian sub-continent, I try to stay within the medieval period.  Here is one of my favorite coins from Byzantium:

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class D Follis, Attributed to Constantine IX (1042-1055), (Sear-1836)

Obv: IC - XC.  Christ seated facing on throne with back, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels.
Rev: IS XS / bASILE / bASIL. Legend in 3 lines.

Not all Christian coins have Latin-based legends.  Consider the following Georgian coin with legends in Arabic.  Medieval Georgia was a Christian kingdom in the Caucasus region of Europe:

Georgia: Queen Rusudan (1223-1245) AE fals (Lang-13; Langlois-30)

Obv: In center; Asomtavruli ႰႱႬ (RSN), standing for RuSudaNi, surmounted by the queen’s monogram being a part of the ornamental device. Surrounded by a linear border. Asomtavruli characters ႵႩႬჃႫႦ (K’KNUMZ, standing for the date formula K’oroniKoN UMZ, i.e. 447, which corresponds to 1227, the frozen date) are placed into the right, bottom and left compartments between the ornamental device and the linear border
Rev: name and titles of Rusudan in Arabic in four lines across field surrounded by a beaded or a linear border;

الملكة الملوك والملكات; Queen of Kings and Queens
جلال الدنيا والدين; Glory of the World, Kingdom and Faith
روسدان بنت تامار ظهير المسح; Rusudan, daughter of Tamar, Champion of the Messiah
عزالله انصاره; May God increase [her] victories

The Georgian year is encoded using the "Paschal cycle". This dating system is based on the creation date being March 22, 5604 BC. From this date, they ran through a 532-year cycle. So, Year 1 was March 22, 5604 BC for the 1st cycle. And the 13th cycle's Year 1 was March 22, 781 AD. For years 346 to 532, add 780 to obtain the corresponding year in AD. The year starts off at March 22nd for each AD year. So, 420 + 780 = March 22, 1200 AD. For more information, please see Sweeny...

References:

Langlois, Victor, Numismatique de la Géorgie au Moyen Âge, A. Leleux, 1852
Пахомов, Евгений, Монеты Грузии, Мецниреба, 1970 (Pakhomov, Evgeny, Coins of Georgia, Metsnireba, 1970)
Sweeny, James O., Tempus in Nummis, Volume 1, Numismatics International, 1992
Paghava, Irakli, Georgian Coins in the Collection of the National Museum-Náprstek Museum in Prague, 2013

Here's my piece of Medieval coin Featuring Madonna with Child




HUNGARY 1565 DENAR

Quote: sujit_kumarHere's my piece of Medieval coin Featuring Madonna with Child




HUNGARY 1565 DENAR

Very nice!  I have a bit of a weakness for Medieval Hungarian coins, but the reference is not correct.  Even though it is dated 1565, it was minted posthumously and hence It should be:

Hungary: Ferdinánd I (1526-1564) BI Denár (Huszár-936, Réthy-41, Unger-748a)

Obv: FER • D • G • E • RO • I • S • AV • GE • HV • B • R •; Quartered Coat of Arms (strips, double cross, leopard heads, Bohemian lion), at the heart, Austrian Shield
Rev: PATRONA · ✴ · VNGARIE; Virgin Mary, crowned, enthroned facing, holding infant Jesus; across field, K-B (Kremnitz)