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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 1965424, member: 44316"]On my "Christian symbols" site there is one type with a Christian connection that my original listing failed to mention-- the "eyes to heaven" bust of Constantine. It has no symbol, but should have been mentioned. I added it as Type 1.15 and it deserves a long discussion (which will appear eventually).</p><p><a href="http://esty.ancients.info/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html" rel="nofollow">http://esty.ancients.info/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I remark that much of my interest in Roman coins with Christian symbolism arose from an old friend (now 86) who has recently asked me to sell his remaining coins. His collection emphasized coins with crosses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am gradually listing them here:</p><p><a href="http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Crosses.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Crosses.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Crosses.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Among many regular coins, that page has a few unlisted varieties (mostly with with crosses) that he was able to find by diligent searching over 50 years of collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 1965424, member: 44316"]On my "Christian symbols" site there is one type with a Christian connection that my original listing failed to mention-- the "eyes to heaven" bust of Constantine. It has no symbol, but should have been mentioned. I added it as Type 1.15 and it deserves a long discussion (which will appear eventually). [url]http://esty.ancients.info/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html[/url] I remark that much of my interest in Roman coins with Christian symbolism arose from an old friend (now 86) who has recently asked me to sell his remaining coins. His collection emphasized coins with crosses. I am gradually listing them here: [url]http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Crosses.html[/url] Among many regular coins, that page has a few unlisted varieties (mostly with with crosses) that he was able to find by diligent searching over 50 years of collecting.[/QUOTE]
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