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ASTRONOMY ON COINS



Every symbol on ancient coins has a specific function beyond mere decoration. --Joseph Wihnyk


ASTRONOMY-ON-COINS.COM

Revealing the pre-electricity-eras’ fascination with transitory celestial events such as great comets,
distantly exploded stars, meteorites, solar and lunar eclipses, and other impressive sky phenomena
perceived both as natural phenomena and as portents of the Heavens to be celebrated on coins and
tokens as propaganda supporting the Powers that Be.



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RECENT
ADDENDA


THEMES


COMET
HALLEY
RULES


NASA/YEOMANS
GREAT COMET
LIST


ECLIPSES:
SOLAR
& LUNAR


CONJUNCTION EVENTS
AND CONSTELLATIONS


NOVAS AND
SUPERNOVAS


COMETS AS OLD
AS THE SOLAR
SYSTEM


GEOMETRIC =
REPRESENTATIONAL,
RIGHT-BRAIN
THINKING


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REFERENCES



METEORITES
AND
SIMULACRA


OTHER B.C
COMETS AND EVENTS  



974 B.C.
SPRINGTIME
COMET


524 B.C.
AND 500 B.C.
COMETS



500 to 480 B.C.
COMETS



479 B.C. CERASTES
COMET AT
SALAMIS


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PROBABLE ASSOCIATIONS of celestial-event Icons on well dated ancient Greek coins



433 B.C.
COMET


425 B.C.
WINTER SOLSTICE
COMET


361 B.C.,
COMET
IN THE WEST



340 B.C.,
COMET WITH
CRITTERS



302 B.C.
PARIAN MARBLE
COMET



214 B.C.
BRILLIANT
COMET



204 or 202 B.C.
STAR EVENT



2nd CENTURY B.C.
FIREBALL FLUX



138 B.C. COMET
SELEUCID ERA



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OTHER REFERENCES



134 and 119 B.C.
MITHRADATES'
COMETS



109 B.C..
SIZE OF
A MELON



68 B.C. COMET
NEAR VENUS



C/-43 K1 (44 B.C.)
JULIUS CAESAR'S
FUNERAL GAMES



50-25 B.C.
CELESTIAL GLOBE



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1HP HORIZON POSES



OTHER A.D.
COMETS AND EVENTS
  REFERENCES


13 A.D. COMET


55/56 A.D.
NERO-CELTIC
COMET



153/4 A.D.
WINTER COMET OF
ANTONINUS PIUS



240 A.D. COMET
TRESPASSING
AGAINST VENUS


260 A.D.
QUEEN ZENOBIA'S
COMET 25 Days


A.D. 300s/4th c.
COMET FLUX



520 A.D.
FEARFUL STAR
JUSTIN I


852 A.D.
SUNGRAZING COMET


941 A.D.
WIDESPREAD TAIL



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11th CENTURY
FIREBALL FLUX


1003 A.D.THE
SIZEOF A CUP



CRUSADERS'
STARS



1123 A.D. COMET
LIKE THE NECK
OF A HORSE



1232 A.D.,
BENT LIKE AN
ELEPHANT'S TUSK



1366 COMET
TEMPEL-TUTTLE,
LEONIDS



1399 A.D.
EXTRAORDINARY
BRILLIANCY



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This site is dedicated to my grandparents John and Laura Jones Hill -and
- Herman and Clevie Abney Hohlaus and to my parents Kenneth and Peggy Hill Hohlaus
and to my stepkids Bethany and Justin Bradford





Dedicated also: to fond memories of Carl Sagan, author of the TV series "Cosmos" and co-author, with Ann Druyan, of "Comet", 1995
And to my excellent art history professors at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. SusanCaldwell and Prof. Victor Youritzen
To patient and ever-so-helpful e-friends: Dr. Brian Marsden of Harvard, Dr. Michael Baillie of Queens University Belfast,
Esq. Gary Kronk of Cometography.com, Tom Mann of Frascatius Ancient Coins, ebay.com, and John Jencek, ancient-coins.com
And to my ever-so patient webmaster, Stephen Fulton, residing with neat painter Saundralea in the high, sunny San Luis Valley of Colorado