page_title: Staurogram
hierarchical_section_title: Staurogram
caption_attribution_description: English: Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 507-518. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Victory standing left, holding staff surmounted by reversed staurogram; star to left; A//CONOB. DOC 7a; MIBE 7; SB 5.
context_page_description: The staurogram, also monogrammatic cross or tau-rho, is a ligature composed of a superposition of the Greek letters tau and rho.
context_section_description: The staurogram (⳨), also monogrammatic cross or tau-rho, is a ligature composed of a superposition of the Greek letters  tau (Τ)  and rho (Ρ).
caption: A solidus minted under Anastasius I Dicorus (struck in Constantinople between 507–518). On the obverse is Victory standing left, holding a staff surmounted by a staurogram.
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