Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 92
liins. infre(puntly associated on Christian monuments with the cross orwith the sacred monogram. In a fcAV instances it isconnected with a bust of Christ on ivory diptyi-hs, and on coins during the Constantiuian and ](ost-Constantinian jieriod. A tine example of this is found on a gold i-oin of… … Great, where Victory holds in her hands trophies and a ])ahnbranch, while the inscription, VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AUG., encloses a tield in which appears the monogram of Christ. Abronze coin of Constantine bears a representation of the emperorholding in his right hand the labarum with the sacred…
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