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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3188061, member: 84744&quot;]What a fantastic discovery!! I have a little subcollection of early Christian symbolism, here are some of the earliest/most interesting.&nbsp; None actually feature Constantine so even [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] is probably OK with them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]822543[/ATTACH] </p><p>Possibly you are bored of seeing this one, but it&#039;s definitely my coolest.&nbsp; Issued c. 322-323 (<i>before</i> the council of Nicaea), in Crispus&#039;s name, issued in Trier right when &amp; where he was studying with his Christian tutor Lactantius.&nbsp; The chi-rho on the shield recalls the battle of the Milvian bridge and helps confirm that the Christian symbol that Constantine asked his soldiers to paint on their shields was indeed the chi-rho.&nbsp; This is certainly one of the earliest instances of a chi-rho on a coin.&nbsp; There is only a medallion that is earlier (315), as well as a VICTORIAE LAETAE from c. 319 (Victor Clark has one).&nbsp; All of the above are extremely rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]822544[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constans as Caesar, Arles, c. 334, chi-rho present as a field mark between the soldiers.&nbsp; Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is this rather curious item:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]822550[/ATTACH] </p><p>It appears to be a Christian cross overstruck on a VLPP Constans dating from 330-337.&nbsp; It could be as early as 330, then, but there&#039;s no real way to date it.&nbsp; It was found in Norfolk in 1990, and presumably was made by an early English Christian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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