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Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 09/02/2018 10:56 am Just for fun, here is what must be by far the earliest instance of the Chi-Rho on an ancient coin, more than 500 years before Constantine... https://cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=76308 Edited by Kushanshah 09/02/2018 10:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3444 Posts	Posted 09/02/2018 12:42 pm The prices today absolutely astound me ...... Of course these two aren't as nice but still were affordable enough that I have absolutely no memory of the price tag (Less than $100 apiece I am very sure) To be honest I had no memory of the Chi Rho symbols either until now ! But when I purchased them at New England Coin Shows long ago they were for consolation purposes Since no Romans were available on my meager budget Lucky me ! What would a poor boy do today without ebay ? 67.28 grams 41-2mm and 35.48 grams 36mm Report this Post to the Staff
ClaudiusConstans New Member Romania 13 Posts	Posted 09/02/2018 2:15 pm wow, this is rather puzzling, what is that chi-rho doing on that coin that long ago? how can that be? Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3444 Posts	Posted 09/02/2018 2:49 pm If you want a real puzzle try pondering this coin https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces66913.html Over one hundred years ago numismatists dated this denarius as being issued the month before the assasination of Julius Caesar (ie February) The reverse attribution identifies it as the Roman dictator Sulla awaking from a dream But does it really ? The goddess descending is obviously Luna by the crescent veil she holds Luna is a goddess associated with the spirit world since Romans believed the dead exist as mere shadows in the darkness which vanish by the light of dawn The winged Victory seems to be waving a palm branch over the reclining figure (magic wand ?) who is arising from what appears to be a bed of sticks (funeral pyre ?) Some imaginative scholars think that the coin does not predate the assasination but is actually from the same month of March famous for the Ides So the arising figure would not be the dictator Sulla but actually the dictator Caesar rising ? A resurrection scene ? If you really want to go deep look at the earring on the obverse portrait of Venus What do you see ? Strange Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 09/03/2018 12:00 pm chi rho is only an abbreviation of the Greek word : ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ χρis found on many coins , before and after BC and is also found in papyri ; like our asterisk now .albert Report this Post to the Staff
ClaudiusConstans New Member Romania 13 Posts	Posted 09/03/2018 12:13 pm @ antwerpen2306 fascinating! so the chi-rhos before Constantine simply abbreviated another word? Report this Post to the Staff
ClaudiusConstans New Member Romania 13 Posts	Posted 09/03/2018 12:21 pm @ Albert, Rufus and all The chi rho subject is really intriguing me. You have a lot more experience on the matter, so I am daring to ask you if you know any other instances in which the symbol has appeared before Constantine the great. I know one on a Decius coin: https://www.mfa.org/collections/obj...ianus-267840 Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 09/03/2018 2:07 pm As Sigmund Freud (probably never) said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". Sometimes an XP monogram is just an XP monogram. There are an awful lot of Greek monograms on various coins and only so many letters in the alphabet. Context is critical. Report this Post to the Staff
ClaudiusConstans New Member Romania 13 Posts	Posted 09/03/2018 4:27 pm @Kushanshah :) may well be what do you think about this reverse? Is it a cross or an X? Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 09/03/2018 4:44 pm @CC, we have discussed this subject several times in the past. If you use the search box in the upper left hand corner of your screen and the keywords CHI RHO, you will see several, of which one of these is an early one and one is from this past June: http://goccf.com/t/109793 http://goccf.com/t/318092 "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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