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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7958609, member: 84905"]I have the following follis of Crispus in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: CRISPVS NOB CAES</p><p>Rev.: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM</p><p>Field: VOT X --- RS</p><p>Mint: Rome</p><p>Year: AD 321</p><p>Weight: 2.35g (19mm)</p><p>RIC VII, Rome 240</p><p><br /></p><p>The wreath on the reverse is decorated with three shields. On each shield there is a large cross with pellets in the four corners. The type also exists with only one shield on top, but usually there is no shields at all on this type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anybody know if these shields had a symbolic significance? Could they have been intended as a Christian reference, perhaps 1 shield for god, three shields for the holy trinity (if that concept had been established by that time)? Does this type, i.e. with a wreath with crosses, exist for Constantine I or II?</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if no Christian reference was intended, I suppose, the fast growing Christian community at the time would have understood them as Christian crosses.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1379635[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If anybody has a comparable coin or any Crispus with Christian reference, I would love to see it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7958609, member: 84905"]I have the following follis of Crispus in my collection. Obv.: CRISPVS NOB CAES Rev.: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM Field: VOT X --- RS Mint: Rome Year: AD 321 Weight: 2.35g (19mm) RIC VII, Rome 240 The wreath on the reverse is decorated with three shields. On each shield there is a large cross with pellets in the four corners. The type also exists with only one shield on top, but usually there is no shields at all on this type. Does anybody know if these shields had a symbolic significance? Could they have been intended as a Christian reference, perhaps 1 shield for god, three shields for the holy trinity (if that concept had been established by that time)? Does this type, i.e. with a wreath with crosses, exist for Constantine I or II? Even if no Christian reference was intended, I suppose, the fast growing Christian community at the time would have understood them as Christian crosses. [ATTACH=full]1379635[/ATTACH] If anybody has a comparable coin or any Crispus with Christian reference, I would love to see it.[/QUOTE]
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