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Message:: [QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 2190292, member: 37707"][ATTACH=full]425433[/ATTACH]My father pointed something out after looking at the photo of the Solidus. Located on the Vexillum is a "Chi-Rho" symbol: ☧. The early Christian typographic ligature or Christogram, was used to represent Christ on the cross; by combing the greek letters X & P, which were the first two letters in the Greek name for Christ, ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ. Of course it's very common on post-Constantine LR coinage to see such Christian symbols; but, my questions is: Why combine it with a Roman, pagan Goddess, such as Nike? Does anyone else have such conflicting symbology on some of their coins? In any event, it's interesting to own a piece of the religious, transitional history. The irony is that the Byzantine empire would have probably put an engraver to death if he attempted to mix a Roman pagan device with one of their heavily grouped Christian devices on their coinage. Food for thought.[/QUOTE]