A little over 2,000 years ago an angel delivered to a young Middle Eastern woman a message that would change the world. This event was commemorated centuries later with a beautiful series of coins that, together, represent the height of late Medieval art.

After exploring the background of these coins we will closely examine images of them to find out all the messages they were meant to convey.

Michael T. Shutterly is a recovering lawyer who formerly worked in the financial services world, specializing in consumer protection and the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. He is now a coin collector, exhibitor, writer and presenter, specializing in Byzantine, early Medieval and Roman Republican coinage, with a side interest in Hungarian hyperinflation currency. An ANA Life member, he is also a member of more than a dozen national, regional and local coin clubs, several of which for some reason allow him to serve as an officer or director. He received a BA in Physiological Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from Boston University.