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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Theodosius II| > RL73541
Theodosius II, 10 January 402 - 28 July 450 A.D.
|Theodosius| |II|, |Theodosius| |II,| |10| |January| |402| |-| |28| |July| |450| |A.D.|, The cross was rarely used in early Christian iconography, perhaps because it symbolized a purposely painful and gruesome method of public execution that most early Christians would have personally witnessed. In 315, Constantine abolished crucifixion as punishment in the Roman Empire. The Ichthys, or fish symbol, was used by early Christians. Constantine adopted the Chi-Rho Christ monogram (Christogram) as his banner (labarum). The use of a cross as the most prevalent symbol of Christianity probably gained momentum after Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, traveled to the Holy Land, c. 326 - 328, and recovered the True Cross.
RL73541. Bronze half centenionalis, DOCLR 336 (also 2nd officina), RIC X Theodosius II 449 (also this obverse legend break), LRBC II 2604, SRCV V 21234, VF, nice for the type, 2nd officina, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, weight 1.318g, maximum diameter 13.0mm, die axis 0o, 425 - 435; obverse D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse cross in wreath, SMKB in exergue; SOLD











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