The Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Volumen 17

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Tayor & Walton, 1877
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Página 24 - M The description of the standard of the cross, called by the Romans lalarum^ is then given by Eusebius in the following words 40 :—"A long spear, overlaid with gold, formed the figure of a cross by means of a piece placed transversely across it. On the top of all there was a crown, interwoven with costly precious stones and gold, on which the symbol of the title of our Salvation, two letters indicating the name of Christ by means of the first letters, the letter P being marked diagonally with...
Página 23 - ... he sat in the midst of them, and described to them the figure of the sign he had seen, bidding them represent it in gold and precious stones.
Página 45 - He did not allow himself to be baptized till the last moments of his life, and those who praise him for this do not know what they are doing. He was a superstitious man, and mixed up his Christian religion with all kinds of absurd superstitions and opinions. "When, therefore, certain Oriental writers call him icri«rocrroXos122 they do not know what they are saying, and to speak of him as a saint is a profanation of the word.
Página 306 - Those who worship Serapis are Christians; and those who call themselves Christian bishops are worshippers of Serapis. There is no ruler of a Jewish synagogue, no Samaritan, no Christian bishop, who is not an astrologer, an interpreter of prodigies, and an anointer.
Página 254 - ... transferred to Constantinople by Constantine. Constantine was replaced by the "great and religious" Julian — Julian by Theodosius. According to Zonaras, as we see in the text, it was standing intact in his time (AD 1118), and it fell about this time in the reign of Alexius Comnenus (AD 1081 — 1118).
Página 278 - Suppl. p. -484)— indicate how "the public hope " (cf. Euseb. Vit. Const, ii. c. 29 ; iv. c. 9) was centered in the triumph of the Christian religion over the adversary of mankind — " the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan
Página 23 - ... has established its truth ? He said that about midday, when the sun was beginning to decline, he saw with his own eyes the trophy of a cross of light in the heavens, above the sun, and bearing the inscription,
Página 45 - Many judge of him by too severe a standard, because they look upon him as a Christian ; but I cannot regard him in that light. The religion which he had in his head must have been a strange compound indeed, and must have been something like the amulet which I described to you some time ago.
Página 269 - No. 2), and on silver coins of Gallus (Cohen, Nos. 16 — 18), and Julian (Cohen, Nos. 46 — 48), he is of opinion that all these coins were issued at the same time, and that consequently the title of Nobilissima femina belongs to Helena, the wife of Julian, and daughter of Constantine, whilst the similar coins of Fausta (though some [Banduri] have supposed her to be the wife of...
Página 42 - I. began to feel signs of failing health, and visited Helenopolis, where he is said to have for the first time received the imposition of hands with prayer — in fact became a catechumen ; after which he proceeded to Nicomedia, where he was baptized by Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, though he had intended to pretation considered by Dr. A. von Sallet, who has published this coin (

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