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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2104657, member: 42773"]We know it's a T simply because T is part of the Roman alphabet. Occam's Razor - usually the simplest explanation is the best. However, Romans used a variety of symbols to represent Christianity, like the cross and chi-rho, but the crosses always have the top bar. And the use of letters as field marks goes back to pre-Christian times. All of that basically adds up to the letter T.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you want a breakdown on the legends? The Romans used abbreviations extensively on their coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2104657, member: 42773"]We know it's a T simply because T is part of the Roman alphabet. Occam's Razor - usually the simplest explanation is the best. However, Romans used a variety of symbols to represent Christianity, like the cross and chi-rho, but the crosses always have the top bar. And the use of letters as field marks goes back to pre-Christian times. All of that basically adds up to the letter T. Do you want a breakdown on the legends? The Romans used abbreviations extensively on their coins.[/QUOTE]
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