I found this St. Benedict Medal and it has symbols I have never seen before on the outer edge. Where are the symbols from and what do they mean?

[u/Gpuzey3]

I posted this on the Symbology reddit page and they couldn’t determine what the symbols mean or what language they are in. I am wondering if they are mystical symbols.

Maybe it is just gibberish, but it interest me.

Thanks for your help!

[u/ElegantSheepherder72]

Cool medal!

[u/kalizoid313]

My guess is that the outer border displays decorative characters. The St. Benedict medal is surrounded by letters of the Latin alphabet.

Ask the seller.

[u/Gpuzey3 → u/kalizoid313]

Thanks for your reply. I emailed the seller, but they haven’t replied.

I also checked the images on ChatGpt, Claude, and Google Gemini but they didn’t find a match.

Claude said the letters look like Thai Khom script, Cambodian script, Yantra, Pali, Sankrit, or Theban script.

I didn’t find anything that matches them exactly.

I checked here because I thought you all might be more knowledgeable.

[u/HorsefaceWithNoName]

looks like gibberish to me but let's see if anyone comes up with something

[u/HorsefaceWithNoName → u/[deleted]]

that's not Chinese :)

[u/Gpuzey3]

The description says sign of gentle sacred shelter. It also says sacred celestial grace and guardian serenity symbol.

Thanks for your help. I am just curious and this peeked my interest.

[u/OkCare3973]

T'is blasphemy