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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 8013099, member: 120820&quot;]This is the considered to be the earliest coin of Constantine with an unambiguous Christian symbol (the Chi-Rho at the front of the helmet crest). It&#039;s been dated to 315 AD (a fairly well accepted date), although a few people consider it might be later. The reference number for this is &quot;RIC VII Ticinum 36&quot;. It&#039;s not a part of everyday coinage, but rather a special issue silver medallion given out to specific honorees (high ranking members of the army, etc). The coin itself measures about 26mm in diameter, meaning that the Chi-Rho itself measures about 1.5mm across - to the naked eye it would be very hard to distinguish it from a star, so not a very bold statement!</p><p><br /></p><p>There are only four of these known to survive. This one sold at auction for around $0.25M a few years ago, and the other three are in museums. Here&#039;s a link to the auction (NAC is the company). I&#039;m not sure what their photo policy is, but normally these companies are OK to share for non-commercial use.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=2518&amp;lot=1051" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=2518&amp;lot=1051" rel="nofollow">https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=2518&amp;lot=1051</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389964[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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