I bet you are enjoying that hive pump, don't ya? I know I do, hopefully gods are on our side and we only see green days from now on 😄
Speaking of gods.. A couple months ago I posted a small Greek Orthodox icon, one of the many family heirlooms I own made of silver.
I have many similar pieces, figured to show them off over the coming days. Silver is pretty common on high end iconography pieces around my place and thankfully my family was quite religious 😄
Today's piece is a bit larger then the last one
Here's with the euro coin on top to give you a visual idea of the size:
Some details from up close:
Nothing special on the back except for the COA which is in Greek and English...
... informing us it is made of 0.950 silver
Precise copy of old byzantine icon artificially created on canvas with genuine hagiography color overlasting in time. Stamped on pure silver 950 and covered with special protective varnish.
This is a typical Greek Orthodox icon,depicting Mary and baby Jesus, or Theotokos as we often call her in our parts:
Theotokos (Greek: Θεοτόκος) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are Dei Genitrix or Deipara (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-bearer" – but these both have different literal equivalents in Greek, Μήτηρ Θεοῦ and Θεοφόρος ("Who gave birth to one who was God", "Whose child was God", respectively) source
Ok, that's enough holy silver for today. More soon 🥳
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