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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1653361, member: 5682&quot;]Ancient Doug: I defer all the coin stuff to you guys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, sometimes the exception proves the point.</p><p><br /></p><p>When looking at Wildwinds, it appears that Constantius Chi-Rho was nearly unique to the mint at Trier. </p><p>[ATTACH]241570.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/t.html</a></p><p>(See Trier RIC VIII 332)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think it was a coincidence that Trier*** was in the western part of the Empire in modern day west-central Germany. I think that this supports my notion that Magnentius used the Chi-Rho symbolism to appeal to both Pagans and Catholic Christians in the West.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting background of the coin in question:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/_trier_RIC_viii_332.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/_trier_RIC_viii_332.txt" rel="nofollow">http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/_trier_RIC_viii_332.txt</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>guy</p><p><br /></p><p>***Trier seems to be an interesting site for Roman ruins. Here&#039;s a fascinating glimpse of Trier&#039;s city gate, the largest gate north of the Alps (called the Porta Nigra).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnAUheK-aSQ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnAUheK-aSQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnAUheK-aSQ</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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