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GERMANY, Halberstadt (bishophric). Gero von Schermbke. 1160-1177. AR Bracteate Pfennig (28mm, 0.88 g). Body of St. Stephen entombed right beneath nine stones and curved arch; three angels above / Incuse of obverse. Kestner 1297-1302; Bonhoff 463-4; Löbbecke 30. Toned, areas of flat strike. Near VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.
St. Stephen was an early Christian martyr whose preaching angered the traditional Jewish synagogues. Accused of blasphemy against the Temple and the law, Stephen was summoned to account for himself at the Sanhedrin, the council of Jewish elders in Jerusalem. His speech defended the Christian idea that the Temple was merely a construction of man, and that the old laws had been superseded in a new covenant. The elders did not receive this testimony well. Stephen was dragged outside of the city and stoned to death.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.
St. Stephen was an early Christian martyr whose preaching angered the traditional Jewish synagogues. Accused of blasphemy against the Temple and the law, Stephen was summoned to account for himself at the Sanhedrin, the council of Jewish elders in Jerusalem. His speech defended the Christian idea that the Temple was merely a construction of man, and that the old laws had been superseded in a new covenant. The elders did not receive this testimony well. Stephen was dragged outside of the city and stoned to death.