The Coin-Cantor

The Coin-Cantor Among the Auric Collectors, this figure is known as the Coin-Cantor — a heretic priest who turns worship into accounting and prayer into transaction. Draped in layered vestments of violet and ash-white cloth, he is almost buried beneath the weight of gold medallions stitched, chained, and riveted to his armour. Each coin bears marks of origin and ownership, and none are decorative. All are records. His gilded mask is crowned with horn-like protrusions, evoking both a saint’s halo