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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 8313136, member: 120820&quot;]Here&#039;s a few ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Arles was very fond of their Christian symbols and repeated them a few times, so here&#039;s the X being used again twice after Constantine&#039;s death.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC VIII Arles 25</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1471677[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantinopolis: Unlisted type for issue, cf RIC VIII Arles 40-50</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1471678[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Those above two issues also included Arles&#039; Aeterna Pietas with same symbol, meanwhile Lyons used a Tau-Rho like symbol instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1471679[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I like this Lyonese Aeterna Pietas because it seems that symbol might be closer to Lactantius&#039; &quot;transversa X littera, summo capite circumflexo&quot; than a Chi-Rho proper. I&#039;ve seen that translated various ways, not sure if there&#039;s any agreement on the best way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keeping that in mind, here&#039;s the Tau-Rho variant of the Hoc Signo too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1471680[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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