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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 8096558, member: 82549&quot;]Here&#039;s the first Christian symbol on a common coin, RIC VII Ticinum 45 from 316 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So you have 3 very early examples from Ticinum: one medallion with a Chi-Rho and two coins with crosses. These are not design elements but control marks. All the other coins, including the SPES PVBLICA are later.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Edit of Milan proclaiming religious tolerance was passed in A.D. 313. I&#039;m sure it took a while for information about the Edict to disperse throughout the Empire. Since both the Sol and the two-Victories-holding-shield reverses appeared at several other mints, but the Christian symbolism at only one, it seems most likely that these Christian affirmations had no connection to Roman policy. Rather, they were the result of a Christian celator celebrating his ability to announce his faith, and perhaps even proselyte, without fear of official persecution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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