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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Constans| > RL04623
Constans, 9 September 337 - 19 January 350 A.D.
|Constans|, |Constans,| |9| |September| |337| |-| |19| |January| |350| |A.D.|, The Christogram (also called a Monogramma Christi or Chrismon) is a ligature of Chi (X) and Rho (P), the first two letters of Christ in Greek. It was among the earliest symbols of Christianity. The crucifix was rarely used in early Christian iconography, perhaps because most people then had personally witnessed its gruesome use for public execution.
RL04623. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VIII Siscia 88, LRBC I 781, SRCV V 18546, Cohen VII 65, gem uncirculated, 2nd officina, Siscia (Sisak, Croatia) mint, weight 1.78g, maximum diameter 17.1mm, die axis 0o, 337 - 340 A.D.; obverse CONSTANS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse GLORIA EXERCITVS (glory of the army), two soldiers standing facing, flanking labarum (chi-rho Christogram standard), heads confronted, each holds spear in outer hand and rests inner hand on shield, BSIS exergue; from the Aiello Collection; SOLD











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