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<p>[QUOTE="willkerrs, post: 3083830, member: 95456"]I fell in love with this coin as soon as I saw it - I really just had to have it. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a side note, P. Clodius M.f. Turrinus minted a very similar denarius in 42 BC (Crawford 494/21, Sydenham 1115), but with only five stars. I've read that this particular coin:</p><p>"refers to the solar eclipse of 50 BC, which was seen across the Republic. This coin commemorates the solar eclipse of 50 BC as the official start of the Roman Empire. The five stars may represent the years since the death of Pompey (died 48 BC). Roman mints in 42 BC would mint coins in favour of Julius Caesar." (source: <a href="http://www.romaneclipse.com/single-post/2014/08/19/P-Clodius-and-MF-Turrinus-Rome-Mint-42-BC-Eclipse-of-50-BC" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romaneclipse.com/single-post/2014/08/19/P-Clodius-and-MF-Turrinus-Rome-Mint-42-BC-Eclipse-of-50-BC" rel="nofollow">http://www.romaneclipse.com/single-post/2014/08/19/P-Clodius-and-MF-Turrinus-Rome-Mint-42-BC-Eclipse-of-50-BC</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>That sounds like a very liberal interpretation of the coin to me. I mean, I've read some somewhat questionable interpretations, but this one sounds dubious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willkerrs, post: 3083830, member: 95456"]I fell in love with this coin as soon as I saw it - I really just had to have it. As a side note, P. Clodius M.f. Turrinus minted a very similar denarius in 42 BC (Crawford 494/21, Sydenham 1115), but with only five stars. I've read that this particular coin: "refers to the solar eclipse of 50 BC, which was seen across the Republic. This coin commemorates the solar eclipse of 50 BC as the official start of the Roman Empire. The five stars may represent the years since the death of Pompey (died 48 BC). Roman mints in 42 BC would mint coins in favour of Julius Caesar." (source: [url]http://www.romaneclipse.com/single-post/2014/08/19/P-Clodius-and-MF-Turrinus-Rome-Mint-42-BC-Eclipse-of-50-BC[/url]) That sounds like a very liberal interpretation of the coin to me. I mean, I've read some somewhat questionable interpretations, but this one sounds dubious.[/QUOTE]
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