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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3016717, member: 82549&quot;]I have no opinion about the authenticity of the OP, but if we assume it is, then it appears to be a variant of RIC, v.VII, #27, which has an &quot;X&quot; in the field. Whether or not it is a cross or a careless &quot;X&quot; is almost beside the point. X was taken as a symbol for Christ. (Chi, the Greek X, is the first letter in the name, hence the X-R lignate that became the Chi-Rho symbol for Christ.) </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was minted shortly after Rome was &quot;liberated&quot; (from his point of view) by Constantine and the persecution of the Christians in Rome came to an end. Whoever engraved that coin clearly felt it was safe to express his belief in Christianity and did so deliberately. So if it is legit, then I would call it RIC 27, var. (field mark).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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