Barbarous Struck Over Christogram? - Coin Community Forum

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jessvc1 Pillar of the Community United States 2596 Posts	Posted 12/15/2011 4:27 pm does this coin look like it was struck over a coin with a christogram showing in the upper right reverse? Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/15/2011 6:20 pm I don't see it. Report this Post to the Staff
jessvc1 Pillar of the Community United States 2596 Posts	Posted 12/15/2011 6:24 pm It almost looks like a christogram. Do you think this was struck over another coin? Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/15/2011 6:31 pm Ok, I see what your saying now. I think it's just the way the letters look and it's not overstruck. Lets see what some of the others say. Report this Post to the Staff
dougsmit Pillar of the Community United States 1549 Posts	Posted 12/15/2011 7:53 pm I am not convinced that the material outside the dotted border is not the result of a garbled double strike rather than an overstrike. I do not believe it is a Christogram and suggest the style of the coin suggests production 50 years before Constantine or at least copying a type of the Gallic Empire period (a barbarous radiate). You will need to find another, more clear, example to establish a new type. Proving beyond doubt a early use of a Chi-Rho would be a wonderful find but I don't believe this is at all certain. Report this Post to the Staff
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