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Hadrian, Alexandria, Egypt 121 AD

This silver tetradrachm demonstrates a crescent with three stars on the obverse. The stars are weakly struck and worn but faintly...

Total Eclipse of 118 AD , the start of Hadrian's Reign

Emperor Hadrian, one of the Antichrists

A bust of Hadrian is displayed on the obverse and a solar eclipse from the 120's AD is present on the reverse. The reverse is remarkable...

Hadrian, Rome Mint 125-128 AD

This is the same type of coin from the October 10th post. Notice how easily a solar crescent can be interpreted as a lunar crescent. A...

Hadrian, Emperor 117-138 AD Roman Imperial Denarius

Minted in Rome 128 AD, likely from the eclipse of 118 AD. One star indicative of a partial eclipse seen in Rome. Eclipse symbol on...

Hadrian, Emperor 117-138 AD, Roman Imperial Denarius

Minted in Rome in 127 AD this symbol may comemorate the eclipse of 121 AD and 125 AD in the Eastern Mediterranean. The above coin is...

Emperor Trajan, Reign 98-117 AD

This coin shows Emperor Trajan on the obverse. He was responsible for a series of Roman invasions of Dacia, Nabatea, and finally Parthia....

Total Solar Eclipse 113 AD

This solar eclipse happened when Emperor Trajan began his war against the Parthians. It must have been interpreted as validation from the...

Roman Imperial Denarius under Titus 79-81 AD

The Judea Capta series is well known under Vespasian and his son Titus. Notice the leaping ram is now replaced by Capricornus leaping...

Agrippa II under Domitian, Solar Eclipse of 83 AD

Note this coin was minted by Agrippa II in 83 AD at Caesarea Paneas. Emperor Domitian is facing right is on the obverse. A winged...

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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

Thanks to the Vcoins search engine website and the individual vendors for the photos as cited

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Symbols of Solar Eclipses on coins of the Roman Civilization
Republic to the Christian Era
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For the Romans, a solar eclipse was the greatest symbol of fear, terror and domination in nature. This website explores the meaning of solar/lunar darkening events in Judeo-Roman culture.