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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2845976, member: 84744&quot;]I think Doug&#039;s point was this: The type was originally introduced by Magnentius as a piece of pro-Catholic propaganda, rallying local (predominantly Catholic) support to his cause against Constantius II.&nbsp; For the mint to pair a piece of anti-Constantius propaganda on the reverse with Constantius&#039;s portrait on the obverse is, at the very least, rather ironic!</p><p><br /></p><p>(The persistence of the alpha-omega iconography through to the reformation can be fully explained by its being part of the Catholic orthodoxy for over a thousand years.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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