On this cross, the Savior is represented in a royal headdress, in a crown, purple and shoes; the porphyry is made of anthrax, the crown is made of pure gold, the shoes are silver, tied with gold bands. He Himself is represented as completely alive, as if He had just been nailed. In the upper part of the cross are inscribed the Greek letters a and so, showing Who is the One Who was crucified on the Cross, like the evildoers. This last circumstance alone speaks very much in favor of the deepest antiquity of this cross. In the Roman catacombs, on the graves of martyrs, the name of Christ the Savior is very often found, which is written together with two Greek letters X and P s ? and? on both sides in the following form:

For example, in the cemetery of St. Clement, on one tombstone, under the inscription, there is the following image of the name of Christ the Savior:

On a marble stone dug out of the cemetery of Priscilla, at the top, in front of the inscription, in a triangle, the name of the Savior is also depicted with the letters a and so on the sides of the name.

After the caption there was an image of the palm of martyrdom. The Christians of the early Church loved to designate the Divine dignity of their Lord with the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, remembering His words:

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end." This circumstance, as well as the fact that the Saviour is represented on the cross in a royal attire, which was never done afterwards, make us believe that this cross, if it does not belong to Nicodemus himself, then at least is a cross, the oldest of all.