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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4035899, member: 44316"]For many years I have paid attention to early Christian symbols on Roman coins. I have a website on them:</p><p><br /></p><p><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">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is one type mentioned in older literature that I doubt exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1059806[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4">On my site it says, "This is a line drawing copied from an article on early Christian symbols on coins. It is not certain that there really is a coin like this with a clear rho. If you have evidence it exists, please contact me. [It gives my e-mail.] </font></p><p> Do not misunderstand what I am asking by exhibiting coins like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1059811[/ATTACH] Constantine II</p><p> Struck 319-320 at Ticinum</p><p> 19-18 mm. 2.05 grams. 5:30.</p><p> RIC Ticinum 121, page 377</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the bump at the top of the Iota. It is not a rho, but it is close enough to induce scholars from long ago to write that this type exists with a chi-rho. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is a different symbol, like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1059814[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That is an example taken from page 234 of the massive book, <i>Imperator Caesar Flavius Konstantin Constantinus der Grosse</i>, Ausstellungskatalog herausgegeben von Alexander Demandt und Josef Engemann. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I am asking is if anyone has a coin, or an image to show us, where it is undoubtably a chi-rho with a clear rho and not just a line with a bump?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4035899, member: 44316"]For many years I have paid attention to early Christian symbols on Roman coins. I have a website on them: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html[/URL] There is one type mentioned in older literature that I doubt exists. [ATTACH=full]1059806[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4]On my site it says, "This is a line drawing copied from an article on early Christian symbols on coins. It is not certain that there really is a coin like this with a clear rho. If you have evidence it exists, please contact me. [It gives my e-mail.] [/SIZE] Do not misunderstand what I am asking by exhibiting coins like this: [ATTACH=full]1059811[/ATTACH] Constantine II Struck 319-320 at Ticinum 19-18 mm. 2.05 grams. 5:30. RIC Ticinum 121, page 377 Note the bump at the top of the Iota. It is not a rho, but it is close enough to induce scholars from long ago to write that this type exists with a chi-rho. I think it is a different symbol, like this: [ATTACH=full]1059814[/ATTACH] That is an example taken from page 234 of the massive book, [I]Imperator Caesar Flavius Konstantin Constantinus der Grosse[/I], Ausstellungskatalog herausgegeben von Alexander Demandt und Josef Engemann. What I am asking is if anyone has a coin, or an image to show us, where it is undoubtably a chi-rho with a clear rho and not just a line with a bump?[/QUOTE]
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