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10 Euros Heavenly Messengers: Raphael - The Healing Angel
| Issuer | Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Engraver(s) | Helmut Andexlinger, Herbert Wähner |
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| Reverse description | A frontal depiction of the archangel Raphael dominates the reverse, portrayed as a long-haired figure draped in an ornate cape fastened with a decorative brooch at the chest. An elaborate and highly stylised halo or aureole of radiating feathered wings fans outward behind the angel's head, filling the upper field with intricate detail. A vertical architectural or ladder-like element is visible along the left field, reinforcing the heavenly iconography. The overall composition is rendered in high relief with exceptional detail, reflecting the fine artistic standards of the Austrian Mint's commemorative series. |
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| Edge | Segmented reeded |
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The "Heavenly Messengers" series ran for three years, with Raphael completing the archangel trilogy following Michael (2016) and Gabriel (2017). Austrian base-metal collector issues of this type are struck in niobium-centered bimetallic formats for premium releases, but the straight copper format here places this squarely in the lower-tier commemorative bracket — mass-produced, broadly distributed, and not subject to mintage constraints that might otherwise create scarcity. Raphael's association with healing derives primarily from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, where he accompanies Tobias and cures his father's blindness.