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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7958950, member: 84744"]That is a cool item! <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html" rel="nofollow">Esty</a> lists it as his type 1.12, found at Aquileia only. On his coin it is clearly a cross-rho, and I expect yours is too. I agree the cross-rho is probably an early Christian symbol.</p><p>[Edit: in his <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable1.html#1.12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable1.html#1.12" rel="nofollow">further discussion of this type</a>, Warren shows two other examples, one of which looks similar to yours, and it doesn't look like a cross-rho. So maybe this is the earliest Christian cross on a coin!][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7958950, member: 84744"]That is a cool item! [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html']Esty[/URL] lists it as his type 1.12, found at Aquileia only. On his coin it is clearly a cross-rho, and I expect yours is too. I agree the cross-rho is probably an early Christian symbol. [Edit: in his [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianTable1.html#1.12']further discussion of this type[/URL], Warren shows two other examples, one of which looks similar to yours, and it doesn't look like a cross-rho. So maybe this is the earliest Christian cross on a coin!][/QUOTE]
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