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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1026108, member: 57463&quot;]I am working on reviews of <i>Astronomical Symbols on Ancient and Medieval Coins</i> by Mashall Faintich (McFarland, 2008).&nbsp; The author suggests that the array of dots in each corner could commemorate an eclipse (1279), or another celestial event, such as a conjunction.&nbsp; (They could also represent the Trinity.&nbsp; And they could just fill up space...)</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting coin anyway.&nbsp; Nice find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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