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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chronogram \Chron"o*gram\, noun [Gr. ? time + ? writing, character: cf. F. chronogramme.]
1. An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in
1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.
2. The record or inscription made by a chronograph.
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