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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3519488, member: 44316&quot;]Yes, the prices of Vetranio&#039;s AE2&#039;s have come down a lot. Here is my site on all the AE types of Vetranio. There are only six.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/vetranio/Vetranio.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/vetranio/Vetranio.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/vetranio/Vetranio.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The most important type is this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934498[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Vetranio RIC Siscia 281 (A behind bust, mintmark &lt;dot&gt;BSIS* with A in left field)</p><p>23 mm. 4.86 grams. 11:30.</p><p>The first overtly Christian legend.</p><p>A small chi-rho on a standard (a &quot;labarum&quot;) held by the emperor who is being crowned by Victory,</p><p>with the legend consisting of the famous words reportedly said by God to Constantine in his vision before the decisive battle of the Milvian bridge:</p><p>HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS (beginning at 7:00)</p><p>(&quot;With the sign, you will be victorious&quot;).</p><p>Struck by Vetranio in 350.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more of the Christian-connection story, see:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/pages/edit/coins/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/pages/edit/coins/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols2.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/pages/edit/coins/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols2.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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