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Message:: [QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7720756, member: 84905"]I think if it is a Latin letter "T" we should expect other Latin or Greek letters to appear in its place as well, perhaps to mark different denominations or officinae. There are AE3s with Theta, Phi and Kappa on single coins. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_cross" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_cross" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_cross</a> Here is my favorite Arcadius. The celator placed the "T" in a very prominent place between emperor and captive. The captive is looking up to the emperor and the "T" or "tau-cross". [ATTACH=full]1323727[/ATTACH] The coin below is NOT from my collection, but it shows that the "Tau-cross" or "T" on my coin above, occupies a prominent spot, otherwise reserved for Christian symbols: [ATTACH=full]1323728[/ATTACH] The coin below is from my collection. It shows that other Christian symbols like the Tau-Rho (Staurogram) were also part of the subjugation imagery: [ATTACH=full]1323729[/ATTACH] The same type for his father Theodosius I, also shows a Christian symbol as part of the imagery, but never a profane letter such as "T". The coin is also from my collection: [ATTACH=full]1323730[/ATTACH] Then again, the appearance of both "T" or "tau-cross" and a Latin cross would seem to be at odds with the idea that "T" is a "tau-cross", unless there are examples that show two christian symbols on one coin. I'm undecided. Maybe we will never know for sure, but if it is just a "T" I would like to know what it indicates.[/QUOTE]

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