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of the kings of Macedon, and subsequently introduced
among the Romans.
Chiton—A sort of under-vest worn by figures on
Greek coins ; it was originally a short woollen garment
without sleeves, but afterward developed, in some parts
of Greece, into a long linen one with sleeves. (See
Smith, v. Tunica.)
Christiana Relig'io—A legend found on Prankish
coins of the Carolingian era, with and without the
temple. It was thought necessary to associate the
words with the more or less rudimentary building,
which had constituted part of the type of many pagan
coins. A denier bearing this legend, ascribed to Louis
le Debonnaire, and struck at Milan, omits the temple,
and is of semi-bracteate fabric.
Circle, double and triple—The gros tournois of
Louis IX. of France (circa 1250), who is generally
supposed to have first introduced the form, which
afforded new facilities to the moneyer in arranging
and distributing his legends, as well as in amplifying
them ; and we find cases where, even long after the
abandonment of the type, this principle was found
convenient, as, for instance, on the coronation-daler
of John III. of Sweden, 1568. Rut, in fact, the prin-
ciple of a double circle occurs on an obolus of Otho I.,
9;3G-973, struck for Verona. In France itself this
variety of the gros underwent modification in the
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