Text, Coins with Christian symbols

European Museums, The British Museum

Cross inside a circle on a silver penny of Stephen I of Hungary. Silver penny of Stephen I of Hungary, 1000-34 A.D. Coins with Christian symbols. Denmark, Bohemia (modern Czech Republic) and Hungary, 900s and 1000s. In the late 900s, Christianity spread further throughout Europe. The new Christian with specifically Christian symbols, especially the cross.


Cross inside a circle on a silver penny of Stephen I of Hungary
Genre:  1000-1034 A.D.

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