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Lech Stępniewski:

--- Quote from: otlichnik on January 17, 2022, 08:21:55 am ---I think that at certain times and places an + was acceptable as a x just as 9 could be VIIII or IX.  Not on official coins of course but perhaps more in common use.

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It seems to me a risky hypothesis that it was acceptable in common use. You can find VIIII/IX on official inscriptions but not such crosses which are rather the sign of surprising level of illiteracy.

Lech Stępniewski:

--- Quote from: maridvnvm on January 17, 2022, 08:41:25 am ---There are several coins of Probus, particularly from Siscia where X has been replaced with +

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In my opinion it is rather a case of careless or hasty engraving. And all these crosses are at least slightly sloped while crosses on Magnentius' imitations are just regular crosses.

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