cruciger

English

Etymology

Latin [Term?], see globus cruciger.

Adjective

cruciger (not comparable)

1. (rare) Bearing a cross, in the manner of a globus cruciger; crucigerous.
   • 1880, Yale University, Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Coins in the Numismatic Collection of Yale College, page 203:

     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.

   • 1968, Seaby's Coin and Medal Bulletin:

     Crowned and cuir. bust of king r., holding cruciger sceptre, crown inlaid with gold.

   • 1992, Alfred Raymond Bellinger, Anastasius I to Maurice : 491-602, Dumbarton Oaks, →ISBN, page 170:

     It was applied now to the scepter cruciger which, ultimately, replaced it, although a period of overlap may well have occurred.

   • 2003, Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies:

     ... 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.