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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2748867, member: 19463&quot;]These are completely different coins from different periods.&nbsp; On the chariot type, God is welcoming Constantine to Heaven by reaching down from a cloud.&nbsp; The wreath type is later when the rulers were all Christian and claiming that their reign was endorsed by God.&nbsp; The one below is Arcadius from Constantinople mint.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]629114[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A thousand years later, Germany issued coins with just the hand and no king.&nbsp; By that time the symbol was common enough in art that everyone knew what it meant.&nbsp; </p><p>Halle, Bavaria AR heller 13th century AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]629116[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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