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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3074486, member: 84744&quot;]Great coin, Sallent - fantastic portrait, and I like the rising sun mintmark as well!</p><p><br /></p><p>Crispus seems to be one of my favourites.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one from the beginning of his tenure as Caesar (317-18), the Thessalonica issue that Doug also posted with the rare obverse legend:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773066[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And one of the earliest Christian symbols on a coin, the chi-rho on his shield, c. 322-23 (Trier):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773067[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My version of the OP, though Trier, 323-24:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773068[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And back to Thessalonica for a coin issued just before his murder in 326:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]773069[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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