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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4038424, member: 44316"]No. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1060290[/ATTACH] </p><p>Crispus</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1060294[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantine II</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1060296[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Licinius</p><p><br /></p><p>The question is whether this is a Christian symbol. </p><p><br /></p><p>Licinius was not associated with Christianity, but we must take into account that each mint issued coins for all the rulers acknowledged at the time, but the types were not of their choosing unless the mint was in their territory. At the time of this issue, the Aquileia mint was Constantine's. If the symbol is Christian, Licinius was in no position to say to leave it off of the coins issued in his name. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, the symbol is sometimes (usually?) without a bump at the top. These three do not have a rho. Roman stars usually are eight-pointed, not six-pointed. Maybe this symbol is not composed of letters (iota-chi, or, chi-rho), rather just a simple six-pointed star.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there any other evidence? What do you think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4038424, member: 44316"]No. [ATTACH=full]1060290[/ATTACH] Crispus [ATTACH=full]1060294[/ATTACH] Constantine II [ATTACH=full]1060296[/ATTACH] Licinius The question is whether this is a Christian symbol. Licinius was not associated with Christianity, but we must take into account that each mint issued coins for all the rulers acknowledged at the time, but the types were not of their choosing unless the mint was in their territory. At the time of this issue, the Aquileia mint was Constantine's. If the symbol is Christian, Licinius was in no position to say to leave it off of the coins issued in his name. So, the symbol is sometimes (usually?) without a bump at the top. These three do not have a rho. Roman stars usually are eight-pointed, not six-pointed. Maybe this symbol is not composed of letters (iota-chi, or, chi-rho), rather just a simple six-pointed star. Is there any other evidence? What do you think?[/QUOTE]
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