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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26309810, member: 92212&quot;]Thanks to all who voted! I&#039;m genuinely appreciative to have had 10 participate! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As promised I&#039;m showing the results so that all current and future CT&#039;ers can see:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679699[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, per the poll, to some degree &quot;HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS&quot; came into play. ;-) </p><p>Chi-Rho was victorious! Moreover, after doing some DEEP diving (including but not limited to AI assisted research), the Chi-Rho truly seems to deserve first place.&nbsp; So kudos to those who voted accordingly!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also as promised, I&#039;ll reveal my hunch: It was Chi-Rho. (But since I have handled SO many AE4&#039;s with Christian emblems/symbols/monograms, I honestly suspected that the Tau-Rho may be a close 2nd to Chi-Rho.&nbsp; But it seems that is not the case. Chi-Rho has no close 2nd on Roman coins in the stated time period.)</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW: The earliest coin in my collection with one of the 4 poll possibilities, was struck in 318/319, in the first half of Constantine&#039;s reign. As you can see it includes a Cross. (I bought it from Zach/&quot;Beast&quot; over 16 years ago.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679700[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679701[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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