Denar from Bohemia, early 12th century. Obverse shows King Vladislav enthroned, holding sword. Reverse shows St. Adalbert at left holding crozier, and St. Wenceslas at right.
Adalbert is an important saint in the slavic world. Bohemian by birth, he was for some time the Bishop of Prague, and later the Bishop of Gniezno (Poland). He was martyred at the age of 41 in 997 A.D. while working to convert the Prussians on th eBaltic coast of what is now Poland. Both the Prague and Gniezno cathedrals claim to have his body enshrined, and both the Czech Republic and Poland consider him as one of their patron saints.
I can understand having missed Adalbert in my earlier searches, but not this one. St. Wenceslas (Vaclav) was duke of Bohemia in the mid-9th century. His grandfather had been converted to Christianity by Saints Cyril and Methodius, who are generally given credit for having brought Christianity to the Slavic world.
Those were pretty violent times. When, at age 13, his father died, his grandmother was appointed regent, but was soon killed by his mother. When Wenceslas came of age, he put the duchy under protection of the Germans (HRE I assume?), and divided the duchy between himself and his brother. Apparently that wasn;t enough, as he was murdered by his brother in 935 at the age of 28. He was immediately declared a martyr and saint. He is considered the (main) patron caint of the Czech Republic.
Between the wars, 1, 2, 5 and 10 ducat coins were minted with his image.
Two new saints added to the holy accumulation: the St. Adalbert denar shown about 5 posts earlier, and a St. Sebastian from Ottingen.
Saint Sebastian was born in Roman Gaul, educated in Milan, and became a member of the elite Praetorian guard. When he was exposed to the anti-Christian emperor Diocletian, Diocletian had him tied to a tree and shot through with arrows. Legend has it he survived, was nursed back to health, but went to the emperor to confront him about his persecution of Christians, resulting in his being clubbed to death (288 A.D.). He is the subject of many renaissance paintings. I cannot find out why he is associated with Ottingen
I was outbid on a nice St. Moritz, on a Halbdicken of Luzern. I think the imagery associated with such a denomination is even more interesting than the image of the saint 
Oh, well, maybe next time.
The supply is never ending ...
St. Terence (S. Terentius in the Latin legend seen here) is the patron saint of the city of Pesaro, Italy, and according to tradition, was martyred in 251 A.D. during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Decius. He is shown in this 15th century denaro holding a palm in one hand (the symbol of martyrs ... and appropriate to tomorrow, Palm Sunday), and a military banner in the other, with a model of the medieval city behind him.
Earlier, a coin of Pesaro bearing the image of the apostles James and John was posted.
An interesting one ...
On the right is St. Sperandia, a 13th century Benedictine nun, and later abbess in central Italy, known for her piety.
On the left, St. Exuperantius, 5th centruy bishop of Cingoli, Italy.
I couldn't figure out why two such obscure saints -- the patron caints of Cingoli, Italy, an almost unheard of place -- would be chosen for a coin. Then I read the bio of Pope Pius VIII, and guess where he came from? Cingoli! So it's a "Hometown Heroes" coin.
He also only reigned for only 19 months, making his coins a bit scarce (oh, well).
It turns out that Portuguese India is a pretty good source of coins with saints.
Much earlier (maybe on the predecessor thread), one of the stalwarts here pointed out that St. Thomas is depicted on some 16th century gold coins of Portuguese India (sorry for forgetting who to credit). These are the only images of the apostle Thomas I have seen. Which is too bad, because they are well above my price range (into the $thousands for those I have seen).
But Portuguese India also minted 2 tangas denomination silver coins inthe mid-1600s with John the Baptist, and St. Philip. John shows up on many European coins, notable the original florin, and many other coins of Florence, where he is patron saint.
But Philip is tougher. I have only seen him on florins of Brabant in the 15th/16th century, and on this portuguese type (2 tangas, 1640-41):
In Philip's iconography, he is often seen (a) holding a scroll in his left hand, (b) holding a cross in his right hand (in some legends he suffered death by crucifixion, but in others he died a natural death), and (c) with a dragon at his feet, calling to mind a legend in which he freed the Scythians of a dragon that had been harassing them, in return for their demolishing their false idols.
I was lucky to just nab one at auction, with considerably more wear, but at least with much of the image of the saint intact.
I can only think I've previously missed this great example (especially during Easter season) because it doesn't appear so often, or because my searching is so haphazard.
St. Veronica is the woman who wiped Jesus' face while he carried his cross up to Calvary (6th station of the cross). Oddly, for personae connected with this stage of Jesus' life, she is not mentioned in scripture. The veil was recovered in the Middle East in medieval times and is now in St. Peter's. Ducat of Paul II (1464-71) Papal States.
