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<p>[QUOTE="otlichnik, post: 4036791, member: 109731"]If you search for images online you will see several examples of these Ticinum coins. Most only have the dot at the end of one arm of the symbol - the upper arm. There are serifs at the end of the other arms, but not the round dots. Furthermore, in many example, such as the one you show, the dot is clearly not centered at the top of the arm but is off-set to the right. This makes many scholars believe that it does represent a chi-rho, albeit one with a very small loop.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone (i forget who) postulated that it might have been intentionally ambiguous - chi-rho to those who know and simple star for those who don't.</p><p><br /></p><p>SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="otlichnik, post: 4036791, member: 109731"]If you search for images online you will see several examples of these Ticinum coins. Most only have the dot at the end of one arm of the symbol - the upper arm. There are serifs at the end of the other arms, but not the round dots. Furthermore, in many example, such as the one you show, the dot is clearly not centered at the top of the arm but is off-set to the right. This makes many scholars believe that it does represent a chi-rho, albeit one with a very small loop. Someone (i forget who) postulated that it might have been intentionally ambiguous - chi-rho to those who know and simple star for those who don't. SC[/QUOTE]
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