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Raymond V. Sidr The Mysterious Spheres on Greek and Roman Ancient Co (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- The Mysterious Spheres on Greek and Roman Ancient Coins
- Publication Name
- The Mysterious Spheres on Greek and Roman Ancient Coins
- Title
- The Mysterious Spheres on Greek and Roman Ancient Coins
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1789697905
- EAN
- 9781789697902
- ISBN
- 9781789697902
- Genre
- Architecture & Antiques
- Release Date
- 12/31/2020
- Release Year
- 2020
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 245mm
- Item Length
- 175mm
- Item Weight
- 715g
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Publisher
- Archaeopress
- Topic
- Coins, Currency & Medals, Antiques & Collectibles
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This book is not a standard coin catalogue, but it focuses on quantities and percentages of the mysterious 5950 sphere images on Roman (76BC-AD 476) coin reverses, and a few Greek coins. This research identifies which Emperors, Deities and Personifications are most frequently shown with a sphere, during reigns and eras, and determines the political, cultural, religious and propaganda trends associated with the coin sphere images, and provides a variety of new findings. The book has 257 illustrations of spheres shown on Roman and a few Greek coins, as well as 109 images of statues, reliefs, mosaics, and other ancient art. Consider that the ancient Greeks (620 BC-30 BC) had the first astronomers in Europe (influenced by Egyptian and Babylonian astronomy) who created the celestial and terrestrial sphere theories, including the popular geocentric theory (Earth is the centre of the Universe). But at that time the Greeks very rarely showed sphere images on their coins - far less than 1%! In comparison, the later Romans during 76 BCAD 476 issued coin reverse sphere types as 15% of their total coin types, and therefore millions of these important coin sphere types were minted. The author explores Constantine's BEATA TRANQVILLITAS Sphere Reverses (AD 321 - 324) and offers a new interpretation of Christian Trinity symbolism that opposes Arianism. Starting in the late 4th century, the Roman religion began to transfer to Christianity, and coins promoted Emperors holding a Christian cross on a globe or a winged Victory/Angel also holding a globus cruciger. At the end of the book, the Epilogue shows the continuous worldwide use (from 5th to 21st century) of sphere images on coins, reliefs, sculptures, astronomical models, drawings, paintings and large monuments, and some of them suggest that Imperial Roman sphere coins created a long legacy.
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Publisher
Archaeopress
ISBN-10
1789697905
ISBN-13
9781789697902
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5050401823
Product Key Features
Language
English
Topic
Coins, Currency & Medals, Antiques & Collectibles
Illustrator
Yes
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Width
6.9in
Item Weight
25.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Mysterious Spheres ON Greek and Roman Ancient Coins
Lc Classification Number
Cj265
Reviews
'This is a welcome and valuable book that certainly will become the definitive standard on the subject of spherical astronomical iconography on ancient Greek and Roman coins.' - Dr Clifford Cunningham (2022): Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 25
Table of Content
Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Sun Disk Images in Ancient Cultures ; Chapter 3: Greek Concepts of Celestial and Terrestrial Spheres ; Chapter 4: Early Greek Coins With Few Sphere Symbols (520 BC - 76 BC) ; Chapter 5: Prior Research on Roman Coin Sphere Symbols ; Chapter 6: Astrological/Astronomical Sphere Symbols Move to Rome ; Chapter 7: Winged Victory vs. Sphere Symbols on Roman Coins ; Chapter 8: First Spheres on Late Republican Coinage (76 BC - 31 BC) ; Chapter 9: Spheres Frequent on Roman Imperial Coinage ; Chapter 10: Chronological Trends for Top Coin Sphere Images ; Chapter 11: General Conclusions ; Chapter 12: Appendices ; Bibliography ; Index ; List of Figures and Credits ; Acknowledgements ; About the Author
Copyright Date
2020
Format
Trade Paperback
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
737.4938
Publication Year
2020
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Pages
284 Pages
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