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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Theodosius II| > BB87998
Theodosius II, 10 January 402 - 28 July 450 A.D.
|Theodosius| |II|, |Theodosius| |II,| |10| |January| |402| |-| |28| |July| |450| |A.D.|, The Ichthys, or fish symbol, was used by early Christians. Constantine adopted the Chi-Rho Christ monogram (Christogram) as his banner (labarum). 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 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.
BB87998. Bronze half centenionalis, RIC X Theodosius II 453, LRBC II 2810, SRCV V 21235, Hunter V -, aVF, well centered on a crowded flan, dark patina, obverse legend weak/unstruck, 1st officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 0.935g, maximum diameter 11.2mm, die axis 180o, 425 A.D.; obverse D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse cross in wreath, ANTA in exergue; ex Beast Coins; SOLD










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