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A sceptre (or scepter in American English) is a staff or wand held in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia, signifying sovereign authority. Antiquity [ edit ]
Modern depiction of the caduceus as the symbol of logistics Hermes Ingenui [a] carrying a winged caduceus upright in his left hand. A Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BCE (Museo Pio-Clementino, Rome)
The black double-headed eagle was retained, but without the four symbols of the emperor: the sword, the imperial orb, the sceptre and the crown. The eagle rested on a golden shield; above was a five-pointed golden star. On both sides the shield was flanked by three flags with the colors black-red-gold.
The Sceptre is also a part of coronation regalia, with the same 1661 origins. Unlike the religious symbolism of the orb, the three-foot-long staff represents the monarch’s power in the secular ...
Armiger: Russian Federation: Adopted: 30 November 1993 (current version) Shield: Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed, twice imperially crowned, grasping in the dexter claw an imperial sceptre, and in the sinister claw an imperial orb, all Or; in chief another larger imperial crown with issuant and pendent therefrom a ribbon, also Or; the eagle is charged on the breast with an escutcheon ...
A sceptre like this first appeared in the 11th century and was probably based on the German sceptre, which was topped by an Imperial Eagle. [190] The Sceptre with Dove is the penultimate piece of regalia to be delivered. Holding both sceptres, the monarch is crowned with St Edward's Crown. [185]
Double-headed eagle in Jiroft, Iran, 3rd millennium BC. The double-headed eagle is an iconographic symbol originating in the Bronze Age.The earliest predecessors of the symbol can be found in Mycenaean Greece and in the Ancient Near East, especially in Mesopotamian and Hittite iconography.
Orb and sceptre in the coat of arms of Montenegro; several other coats of arms use them in the same manner. Chromolithograph of Jesus as a child, holding an orb and a crown of thorns Statue of Virgin Mary holding an orb