Showing posts with label Christogram. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christogram. Show all posts

Thursday, May 21, 2020

5/21/20 Report - Treasure Auction To Go Live May 27. Near Million in Cash Found. Cunneform Tablet. Christogram Medallion.


Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.





Less than a week left.   For more information see https://auction.sedwickcoins.com/auctionlist.aspx

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A family in Virginia trying to escape the boredom of coronavirus lockdown on Saturday did exactly that when they happened upon two duffel bags of cash totaling almost $1 million.

David and Emily Schantz, residents of Caroline County, Va., were out for a drive with their children when they ran over what they thought were trash bags in the middle of the street.

It was only after putting the bags in their truck and driving home that the family realized they were full of cash. According to the family, there were “plastic baggies” inside the duffels that read “cash vault.”...


Here is the link for more about that.

https://justthenews.com/government/local/virginia-family-finds-nearly-1-million-cash-duffels-road

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I just received the following email from a Connecticut person concerning a post I did in 2015 about the Christogram shown above.  I thought it was interesting that people from around the country are responding to posts that are five years old.


Hello,

Regarding this post: http://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2015/12/122415-report-christogram-pendant-find.html

I have an exact duplicate of this medallion that was given to me by my ex-step mother in law. She purchased it in the Vatican and attended a ceremony in the presence of Pope John Paul ii where he blessed the crowd making this medallion the relic of a Saint.

The medallion might very well have more value than its weight in gold.

Susan C.

Stamford, CT

That would certainly make it more valuable to those who appreciate it.  That is the way it is with value.

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NEW YORK – Pursuant to ongoing Cultural Property, Arts and Antiquities investigations by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, a civil complaint was filed Monday to forfeit a rare cuneiform tablet bearing a portion of the epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian epic poem considered one the world’s oldest works of literature. Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, it originated in the area of modern-day Iraq and entered the United States contrary to federal law. The tablet was later sold by an international auction house (the “Auction House”) to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (“Hobby Lobby”), a prominent arts-and-crafts retailer based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for display at the Museum of the Bible (the “Museum”). Despite inquiries from the Museum and Hobby Lobby, the Auction House withheld information about the tablet’s provenance. The tablet was seized from the Museum by law enforcement agents in September 2019...

Here is the link to the Customs and Immigration Enforcement site for more about that.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/civil-action-filed-forfeit-rare-cuneiform-tablet-hobby-lobby

Of course the ICE website has a lot of info about counterfeits and smuggling.

As I've said before, you can't separate politics from treasure hunting or much of anything.  You have to wonder how much the politics of Hobby Lobby had to do with the enforcement.  As you probably know Hobby Lobby is religious/conservative and in September 2012 filed suit in federal court in Oklahoma based on its First Amendment Free Exercise of Religion right and the RFRA.

Anyone near the top of federal agency is by definition political.  You can be a government scientist, for example, which means that you are a bureaucrat as well as a scientist.

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Surf Prediction.
Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

It looks like the surf will build today.  The swells are supposed to be northeast, but I don't know if they'll be enough from the north.

Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net








Thursday, December 24, 2015

12/24/15 Report - Christogram Pendant Find.


Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.


Pendant Find by Brian H.
Photo by Brian H.


First off, I'm wishing you all a very merry Christmas.  May it be filled with wonderful memories that last a lifetime.

Yesterday I received this picture of a pendant that was found a couple of years ago by Brian H.  Brian asked how he could get an appraisal.

I don't think the value would be any greater than the melt value of gold, if that is what it is made of.

As I often suggest, many pawn shops or jewelry stores will test metals if you ask them.

I decided that this would be an excellent time to explain the pendant.  You'll see why.

It is called a Christogram.   Here is what Wikipedia says.  A Christogram is a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a Christian symbol. The term Christogram comes from the Latin phrase "Christi Monogramma", meaning "monogram of Christ."

The front shows four Greek letters.  Greek, you might know, is the original language of the New Testament.

On the far left and right are alpha and omega.   "Alpha and omega" is an expression used in the Bible several times and refers to Christ.  It is found in the last book of the Bible in Revelation 1:8, 1:17-18, and 22:13.  

The expression is also found in the Old Testament book of Isaiah (written in Hebrew), which is the prophetic book which gives the prophecy of the Messiah to be born of a virgin.

Isaiah 44:6, for example, says "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.'"

In between the alpha and omega are two more Greek letters, Chi and Rho.  In Greek those are the first two letters of the name "Christ."

The big X is the Chi, and the thing in the middle that looks like a big "P" is the rho.

You will often see this Chi Rho combination used as a monogram of Christ.

On the back is a Latin phrase, pax vobiscum, meaning "peace with you" or "peace be with you."

And the word "Roma", suggesting Rome as the place of manufacture.

Back of Same Pendant
There is a lot of information and significance found on that pendant. While this pendant may not be old or monetarily valuable, it says a lot.  It provides a great  example of how much an artifact can say if you know how to read it.

Research suggests that the book of Isaiah goes back to at least the 8th Century BCE.  The pendant itself might not be very old, but the design and message extends back thousands of years.

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I'm not expecting any real change in beach detecting conditions for a few days.

Merry Christmas,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net