Coins depicted in art?

Hello!

I'm sort of into art and suddenly found myself curious: are there any paintings that feature coins? Well, I know there are, but most of them must be either mythology- or Bible-themed, such as depictions of Charon's obol, the Tribute Money, or maybe the thirty pieces of silver, or the like (understandably).

So far, I think the best one is the Portrait of a Man holding a coin of the Emperor Nero by Hans Memling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_a_Man_with_a_Roman_Medal). I do know that coin collecting is a very old hobby (if that has anything to do with this piece, anyway), but it's pretty interesting to see a Roman coin accurately depicted in a late mediaeval painting nonetheless!

There is the famous Money Changer and His Wife by Quentin Matsys (though I think the Marinus van Reymerswaele version shows more coins!), too, but the coins themselves aren't quite detailed.

After a quick search I also found:
Quentin Matsys - The Usurers (1520)
Judith Leyster - The Proposition (1631)
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - The Girl with a Coin (1645-1650)
Pieter de Hooch - Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin (1659-1662)
Gerard ter Borch - Soldier offering a Young Woman Coins (1662-1663)
Keisai Eisen - Daikoku, Ebisu, and Fukurokuju Counting Money (18c.)

...but not much else. I'm thinking there may be more from the Early Netherlandish art, but maybe not. Does anyone know any other paintings featuring coins?

The first one that comes to mind is Vocazione di san Matteo by Caravaggio.
The_Calling_of_St_Matthew_(Caravaggio)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League#/media/File:Hans_Holbein_der_J%C3%BCngere_-_Der_Kaufmann_Georg_Gisze_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://www.1st-art-gallery.com/After-Hieronymus-II-Francken/A-Still-Life-Of-Coins-Letters-A-Silver-Tazza-Gilt-Vessels-Jewellery-And-A-Silver-Beaker-Upon-A-Table-A-Miser-Haunted-By-Demons-Beyond.html

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-trompe-loeil-of-paper-money-coins-french-school.html

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/old-man-with-gold-coins-89498

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Teapot-and-Lemons-with-Pocket-watch-and-Coins-16x20-in-Oil-on-canvas/855782/2833139/view

https://fineart.ha.com/itm/fine-art-painting/the-hon-paul-h-buchanan-jr-collection-victor-dubreuil-american-circa-1880-1900-american-paper-curr/a/5024-77034.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515

Well, well, well, what have we here? An interesting topic for sure!

I actually did GCSE Art at my last school back in the UK; and coins/money was my topic, so here are some of the ones that I have photos of!

These two were part of a tryptch I did, but the middle piece is now lost:


The left one (unfinished at the time of photography) was of Roty's famous Semeuse, and the right one is the Daniel-Dupuis reverse for the pre-WWI 5 and 10 centimes.

Here is a deconstructed study I did of Chaplain's Marianne, on the pre-war 10 and 20 franc gold coins:


Pretty sure I have more but I have to dig the photos out! Maybe not as good as Caravaggio but hey, it's something!

Thank you! Those are pretty interesting. The Hieronymus Francken II piece especially -- it does seem like there's a number of Early Netherlandish still life paintings (especially vanitases) that depict coins.

Some more paintings I found:
Joos van Cleve - Portrait of Anthonis van Hilten (c. early 16th century)
Hans Holbein the Younger - Lais of Corinth (c. 1526)
Jan Sanders van Hemessen - Woman Weighing Gold (1530)
Lucas Cranach - The Ill-Matched Couple (1532)
Jan Matsys - At the Tax Office (1539)
Paolo Veronese - Juno Showering Gifts on Venetia (1554-1556)
Jan Brueghel the Elder - Bouquet of Flowers in a Ceramic Vase (1606-1607)
Georg Flegel - Still Life with Frog (c. 1620)
Jacques Linard - The Five Senses (1638)
Hendrik Gerritsz Pot - The Miser (c. 1640's)
Adriaen van Utrecht - Vanitas (Still Life with Bouquet and Skull) (c. 1642)
Salomon Koninck - The Gold-weigher (1654)
Edward Collier - Vanitas Still-Life (1697)

And more fascinating pieces by unknown (?) artists:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mendel_I_048_r.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotothek_df_tg_0004027_M%C3%BCnze_%5E_Allegorie.jpg

@CassTaylor:
Oh my goodness, those are excellent! I find coins a good (and under-used) subject for art, obviously, haha.

Thank you, my art teacher said the same thing. Although I did think that since coins themselves could be said to be art themselves, with designs on them and all, which either distracts from art using them as subjects or makes it more layered, depending on your perspective of appreciation.

Anyway I did dig up more works of mine from school:


Bazor's Marianne in profile, depicted in a winged Phygrian cap, from the rare 1929-36 100F gold issue (my official dream coin!) Done on sail canvas with India Ink.


Rendering of Kaiser Wilhelm II on a DOA rupee; the reverse is meh but the portrait turned out fairly well.


Ink depiction of some pocket change, in the style of a Japanese artist whose name I've forgotten.


Attempt to translate the devices on my 1937 Czechoslovak 20 Korun into a diptych in a mock Cubist manner, done with simple biro.


More "Cubism", of more Czechoslovak coins- very interesting attempting to do it to a flat 2D coin design like a coat of arms on a coin.


More pocket change; this time I did an oil pastel background, then inked over it and scratched the imagine in with a hairpin, so the ink residue acts as the negative.


Finally a rendition of the Bazor Marianne at the beginning of this post, in the style of a 1930s propaganda poster, with a Gustav Klimt inspired background.