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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3960307, member: 74834&quot;]A great thread. I&#039;m envious, not only of that spectacular solar eclipse! </p><p>Here are some of my lunar objects.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043174[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Domna 193-217, denarius, Rome. Obv. Bust to the right, hair without recognisable bun or moon pin (or very insignificant). IVLIA PIA FELIX. Rev. Luna, cloak billowing around her head (no star visible), in biga drawn by horses on ground line, to the left, LVNA LVCIFERA. 18 mm, 2.85 gr. Ex-Tom Cederlind.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043175[/ATTACH] </p><p>AE16 Elagabalus 218-222, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. Obv.: Laureated head r. Rev.: Crescent with 3 stars. 16 mm, 3.23 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043176[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tetradrachm Elagabalus (218-222), Alexandria. Billon. Dated RY 5 (221/222). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Conjoined busts of Helios, draped and wearing radiate crown, and Selene, draped and wearing crescent-moon crown, right; L Є (date) to lower right. 22.5 mm, 12.62 gr. Emmett 2933.5.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a favorite coin. On the reverse, a royal and godly pair, one looking up, the other one down: a highly developed realistic design involving movement and contrast (characteristics of Baroque style!), whereas most often Roman numismatic art is static.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043178[/ATTACH] </p><p>Phraates IV (38-2). AR drachm. Obv. Bust to the left with Parthian tiara, left crescent moon and star, right an eagle with a wreath in its beak. Cartoonish style. Rev. Archer on a stool, before him ‘NI’ (<i>don’t think of those Knights!</i>). Lettering unreadable. Mint Mitradatkert. 19.4 mm, 3.84 gr. Sellwood 54.10 (more or less).</p><p><br /></p><p><i>If you talk crescent moons, you talk Sasanians. Many of them abound in crescents. Here’s one:</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043179[/ATTACH] </p><p>Yazdgard I (399-420), silver drachm. Obv. Head right with hairball-topped crown, a merlon at the side, large crescent at the front, pearl netted hairball in the neck. Rev.: Fire altar with attendants. A word on the pillar of the altar. To the upper left, two crescents, the lower one with a dot in it. To the upper right, a crescent with a dot under it. 26.5 mm, 4.25 gr. Göbl type I/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043180[/ATTACH] </p><p>Qarakhanid AE fals Bukhara. 384H? (=994 AD). Obv. Four upturned crescents, a horizontal line of text in the middle. Vertically, two symbols. Rev. Four upturned crescents, with Arabic text in the form of a cross (!) in the middle. Compare with Cannito 38. 29 mm, 2.55 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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