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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4549845, member: 82549"]After the edict of Milan in A.D. 313, coins with crosses (and Chi-Rho's) as control marks were issued by some western mints during Constantine's lifetime. These were not official Imperial endorsements of Christianity by Constantine, but rather decisions made by individual engravers or mint officials. They are not common, but I wouldn't call them rare, either. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can also find the GLORIA EXERCITVS - 2 soliders type from Arles with a Chi-Rho in the standard in the name of Constantine and some from Siscia in his sons' names.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the combination of Sol and the cross on the same side of the coin I posted makes for a interesting juxtaposition. <i>"The times, they are a-changing . . ."</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4549845, member: 82549"]After the edict of Milan in A.D. 313, coins with crosses (and Chi-Rho's) as control marks were issued by some western mints during Constantine's lifetime. These were not official Imperial endorsements of Christianity by Constantine, but rather decisions made by individual engravers or mint officials. They are not common, but I wouldn't call them rare, either. You can also find the GLORIA EXERCITVS - 2 soliders type from Arles with a Chi-Rho in the standard in the name of Constantine and some from Siscia in his sons' names. However, the combination of Sol and the cross on the same side of the coin I posted makes for a interesting juxtaposition. [I]"The times, they are a-changing . . ."[/I][/QUOTE]
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