Agnus Dei in Christian art.
Obverse of the coin.
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Agnus Dei in Christian art.
So here we have the Andorran centime, nominal - 1. The year of issue of this coin is 2002, mint: Kremnica, Slovakia.
Agnus Dei is a visual representation of Jesus as a lamb, since the Middle Ages, usually carrying a halo and holding a standard or banner with a cross and symbolizing the victory. This normally rests on the lamb's shoulder and is held in its right foreleg.
Often the cross will have a white banner suspended from it charged with a red cross (similar to St George's Cross), though the cross may also be rendered in different colors. Sometimes the lamb is shown lying atop a book with seven seals hanging from it. This is a reference to the imagery in the Book of Revelation 5:1–13, ff. Occasionally, the lamb may be depicted bleeding from the area of the heart (Cf. Revelation 5:6), symbolizing Jesus' shedding of his blood to take away the sins of the world (Cf. John 1:29, 1:36).
In Early Christian art the symbol appears very early on. Several mosaics in churches include it, some showing a row of twelve sheep representing the apostles flanking the central Agnus Dei, as in Santi Cosma e Damiano, Rome (526–30). Agnus Dei is standing on a hill with four rivers of Paradise flowing out underneath.
Founder
Kremnica, Slovakia.
Date
2002.
Culture
Andorra.
Medium
Aluminum.
Dimensions
2.14x27x1.8.
Classification
Coin.