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dwarf:

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Get the book by Andreas Alföldi for a first good reading and then dive into discussions  :)

But it is clearly a palm branch and these contorniates were used as prices - wether produced directly or later transformed by adding the branch
https://tinyurl.com/x7wwvw3

The "letters" usually are "PE" as monogramm, most probably meaning "Petrus" - thus leading to Christianity.
But this leads to a totally different use of those contorniates - which makes it so exiting

DzikiZdeb:

--- Quote from: dwarf on October 03, 2021, 09:45:59 am ---The "letters" usually are "PE" as monogramm, most probably meaning "Petrus" - thus leading to Christianity.

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I don't think "PE" is an early Christian sign. There are a lot of symbols not very recognizable nowadays like peacock, pelican or anchor, but "PE" is not among them.

Lech Stępniewski:

--- Quote from: dwarf on October 03, 2021, 09:45:59 am ---But it is clearly a palm branch and these contorniates were used as prices - wether produced directly or later transformed by adding the branch

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Would you really like to get such a ridiculous prize?


--- Quote from: dwarf on October 03, 2021, 09:45:59 am ---https://tinyurl.com/x7wwvw3

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Hilarious!

Maybe these marks (I mean "branches" not "letters") were also made by children? Children sometimes spoil worthless coins just for fun or to get a token for game.

Lech Stępniewski:

--- Quote from: DzikiZdeb on October 03, 2021, 10:31:12 am ---I don't think "PE" is an early Christian sign.

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I agree. Contorniates are sometimes connected with some kind of "pagan revival". State, however, is already Christian, so if someone wanted to make such contorniate more Christian, he could easily put cross, chi-rho, IHS etc., not enigmatic "PE". Why "Petrus"? "Jesus" fits better.

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