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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2331921, member: 57495&quot;]Well, at the end of the day, why would it be on the coin if not for the purpose of propaganda... and when it comes to propaganda, the spin is always more important than the truth.&nbsp; I won&#039;t argue for his piety, but frankly, if it really is some arrogant chin-jutting going on there, I have to say I admire his cojones <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for Dafne, I don&#039;t know... I can see things as being less black and white then.&nbsp; This would not be the only pagan leftover co-opted for some convenient use by early Christian emperors.&nbsp; Good ol&#039; winged Victory continued to be acceptable, as did Tyche (see the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche_of_Constantinople" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche_of_Constantinople" rel="nofollow">Tyche of Constantinople</a>), and my personal favorite, the use of all those crazy Egyptian gods on the Festival of Isis coins all the way up to Valentinian II.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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