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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2246746, member: 26302&quot;]Yes, its a Christian cross. The same seller has a better one for sale, ($400), that shows a different cross, &quot;fatter&quot;. Without knowing the specifics, one cannot know for sure it had a Christian intent, but seeing Bukhara was strongly Eastern Christian by this time I do not think its too much of a stretch. Other coins of Sogdia I own only have smaller references to Christianity, a small cross fit into the design here and there, many times only on a specific coin, other examples have swastikas or other marks instead. They kind of remind me of the rare Chi Ro marked wolf and twins Constantine coin. Most of the coins were NOT made with the Christian mark, but a few dies were. </p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, this coin wouldn&#039;t have been that interesting to me other than its Sogdian and I do not own it, if it weren&#039;t for the cross and its association with an ancient branch of the church. So, even though maybe 50-100 of these coins exist, maybe only 20 of us want one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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