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Message:: [QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8132381, member: 120820"]Occasionally ... Here's a P/S/G officina set from Maxentius (RIC VI Aquileia 121a, except the consular bust which is 124). The reason I collected all officinas (and a couple of "duplicates") is because Aquileia used different pediment decorations at each officina, and it's quite interesting. [ATTACH=full]1416583[/ATTACH] Officina P used a star, either six-pointed or eight-pointedOfficina S used a crescent (moon)Officina Gamma used a cross, either "x" or "+" This is 100% consistent. There seem to be two takeaways: 1) Each officina uses a single "logical" symbol, which may take different formsa) Officina P's six-pointed and eight-pointed stars are both just varieties of star (well, duh!)b) Officina Gamma's "x" and "+" are (perhaps not so "duh") likely both regarded as the same logical symbol also - in this case a cross 2) The symbols used at each officina are distinct. Officina Gamma's "x" and "+" are not sloppy types of star (which is officina P's symbol) - they are a cross! There is some ancient source (Eusebius? - I forget) that records Maxentius having shown some support for Christianity - but assumed (rightly or wrongly) to be insincere. It seems that officina Gamma's cross may well be meant as a Christian symbol (else what?), with "x" and "+" apparently being considered interchangeable.[/QUOTE]