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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 993849, member: 5682&quot;][I wish I had a nice Magnentius Chi-Rho coin, too. I took the image from Wikipedia.]</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug: Thank you for posting your example of the Constantius II Chi-Rho coin. It is extremely rare. :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Is it from Heraclea?</b> If so, it may be of great historical significance.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the already rare Constantius II Chi-Rho coins I have seen have only been from Trier (image from <i>Dirty Old Coins</i>):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]95812.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never seen one from an Eastern mint. My understanding is when the Arian Constantius II took over the Western city of Trier, they merely substituted his image for the previous image of Magnentius, maintaining the Chi-Rho image on the reverse of coins minted there.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, anyone interested in the conflicts between non-Trinitarian Christians (such as the Arians) and the more traditional Trinitarian Christians (whose belief is shared by the vast majority of Christians today who believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) should read the book <u>AD 381: Heretics, Pagans, and the Dawn of the Monotheistic State </u>by Charles Freeman.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a short review I did of the book on a non-numismatic site:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9493" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9493" rel="nofollow">http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9493</a></p><p><br /></p><p>g.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW: <u>The Celator</u> magazine had a nice two-part review of Magnentius and his coins in the May and June 2000 editions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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