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<p>[QUOTE="benhur767, post: 2999897, member: 36818"]Yes, but things can symbolize other things. Not everything is literal. For example, a goddess symbolizes the moon, a god symbolizes the sun. Comets symbolize omens. A constellation represents Castor and Pollux. So if the stars represent the Seven Sisters, they must hold some symbolic meaning to the Romans other than, "hey, those are some neat stars in the sky, let's stick them on some coins." So my question is, what is the symbolic significance of placing the Seven Sisters on coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benhur767, post: 2999897, member: 36818"]Yes, but things can symbolize other things. Not everything is literal. For example, a goddess symbolizes the moon, a god symbolizes the sun. Comets symbolize omens. A constellation represents Castor and Pollux. So if the stars represent the Seven Sisters, they must hold some symbolic meaning to the Romans other than, "hey, those are some neat stars in the sky, let's stick them on some coins." So my question is, what is the symbolic significance of placing the Seven Sisters on coins?[/QUOTE]
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