Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 269
venerableday of the sun. One of Constantines coins (Fig. 81, a) repre-sents the sun standing between two stars, one of which is in theshape of the cross. The inscription reads : Soli invicto comiti.The title invictus (unconquered) given to the sun was peculiarto the Mithraic cult; it alludes to the… … Fig. 81. —Four coins of coin of Nepotianus (Fig. 82, 6), the monogram is representedbetween two stars and would seem to stand for the sun. About the sign which Constantine saw in the sky there issome confusion, because it is not well understood that the mono-gram was actually intended to represent…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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