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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) Bearing a cross, in the manner of a globus cruciger; crucigerous..
Æ 19.8 Full-faced bust of emp., with diadem surmounted by a cross and wearing cuirass; holding in r. hand a globe cruciger and on 1. arm a shield.
Crowned and cuir. bust of king r., holding cruciger sceptre, crown inlaid with gold.
It was applied now to the scepter cruciger which, ultimately, replaced it, although a period of overlap may well have occurred.
... the specimens furnish a certain terminus post quem for the reign of Meḥadeyos placing it much later than 420 when the iconography of the Victory with a cruciger sceptre was used for the first time on the 'solidi' of Teodosius II.
Use cruciger when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cruciger means (rare) Bearing a cross, in the manner of a globus cruciger; crucigerous..
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Æ 19.8 Full-faced bust of emp., with diadem surmounted by a cross and wearing cuirass; holding in r. hand a globe cruciger and on 1. arm a shield.
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