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Eclipse of 143 AD

Antoninus Pius Alexandria Drachm, Reign 138 -161 AD

Antoninus Pius succeeded Hadrian. He kept many of Hadrian's policies in place. The Zodiac series from Alexandria celebrates a new era in...

Hadrian

The above is a coin minted by Emperor Hadrian. The reverse shows a "club" or weapon with the star and crescent on either side. On the...

Hadrian Alexandria Egypt

This coin was minted in Alexandia, Egypt under the emperor Hadrian. It may have been produced in opposition to the Bar Kochba revolt with...

Hadrian, Alexandria, Egypt 134-135 AD

This coin was minted at the end of the Bar Kochba Revolt. The reverse shows a ram which may represent Judea. The ram is about to be...

Hadrian Reissue of Antioch Ram Coin 129 AD

The solar eclipses of 118, 121, and 125 AD were seen in Roman Antioch and are likely represented on this coin minted there in 129 AD. The...

Hadrian reissue of Antioch coin with eclipse symbol, 128/129 AD

We see the same coin type from the time of Nero. This time instead of the First Jewish revolt, this coin is issued before the Bar Kochba...

Hadrian Legionary Standard 118 AD

This coin was minted in Rome in 118 AD. The obverse shows Hadrian and the reverse shows a representation of a Roman Legionary Standard...

Solar Eclipse of 135 AD

This solar eclipse was seen in Israel four months before the Battle of Betar. The Romans likely interpreted the meaning as justification...

Hybrid Eclipse 125 AD during Hadrian

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This project shows the meaning of the star within the crescent on Roman coins is likely symbolic for a solar eclipse. The star is a planet to the ancients and the crescent is the sun. The ram is an astrologic symbol for ancient Judea or the lands from Antioch to Egypt.

Please see the below link to, " The Evidence for Aries the Ram as the Astrological Sign of Judea, " by Michael R. Molnar

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Clearly one sees a planetary body moving over the sun in this photo. This is the Antioch ram coin issued from Nero in 55-56 AD. From the T. Cartwright collection

Eclipse diagrams are taken from the NASA Website, "Canon of Solar Eclipses"

Acknowlegements, Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC