Astronomical Symbols on Ancient and Medieval Coins
Marshall Faintich
McFarland & Co Inc, 2012
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The coins of ancient and medieval Europe provide unique insights into the economic and political history of their period. This hypothesizes that astronomical symbols on ancient and medieval coins were often used as a way to record actual celestial events. It provides more than 550 figures and line drawings of coins, maps, and astronomical events to illustrate this hypothesis.
- ISBN-13
- 9780786469154
- ISBN-10
- 0786469153
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc
- Year
- 2012
- Publication date
- 2012-04-19
- Pages
- 232
- Dimensions
- 254x178x12
- Weight
- 413