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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3203783, member: 83956&quot;]Yes. I wonder if this symbol was something that he ordered. Why so late, though--336, one year before his death? </p><p><br /></p><p>We know Constantine delayed his baptism until practically his deathbed because serious sin (and he did a lot of it) could jeopardize one&#039;s salvation. Was this late Chi-Rho issue related to a more spiritual turn as he faced his end? But he was in the East (Nicomedia) when he died, a long way from Arles. So maybe this coin design was just the result of a Christian mint worker in the West acting independently of any centralized order from Constantine. Interesting to speculate about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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