Solar eclipse!

[JayAg47]

Where I live we only had partial solar eclipse, although north of our state people got to see the total eclipse.

Here's Sol

Here's Luna riding a biga

And both of them held be Aeternitas.

Edited April 20, 2023 by JayAg47

[CPK]

Interesting. Several years ago we got to witness a total solar eclipse right from our house. It is a strange and unforgettable experience!

Here is a Sol (I need to take new photos and update the description)

[Roman Collector]

Augustus and Livia as the sun and the moon!

Augustus and Livia, issued under Tiberius, 14-29 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 31 mm, 21.48 g.
Spain, Hispalis, Colonia Romula, 14-29 CE.
Obv: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Augustus right; thunderbolt before, star above.
Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia, left; globe beneath, crescent above.
Refs: RPC-73; SGI-189; Heiss 393, 2; Cohen 169, 3; Alvarez-Burgos 1587; Lindgren II 69; SNG Tubingen 118; SNG Copenhagen 423.13.35.

[kirispupis]

You're very lucky to have a solar eclipse near you. I'd love to travel to see one again.

Here's the only total solar eclipse shot I've taken.

 

And here's Sol.

Valerian I
AR Antoninianus 3.25g, 23mm, 6h
Colonia Agrippinensis, 257 CE
VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVGG, Sol advancing to left, raising hand and holding globe
RIC V.1 12 (Lugdunum) var. (bust type); MIR 868h; RSC 143a var. (same)

[expat]

In Southern Spain we have to wait till 12th August 2026 for a full solar eclipse. Last one was 1905. Have to make do with this till then

[shanxi]

Nice pictures and coins:

 

Here is Marcus Aurelius as Helios and Faustina II as Selene (Sun and Moon)

Faustina II
Kilikia, Hieropolis-Kastabala
Obv.: ΦΑΥСΤƐΙΝΑ СƐΒΑСΤΗ, Draped bust of Faustina (as Selene) right; crescent on forehead, countermark T
Rev.: IEPOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Radiate and draped bust of Helios left (portrait assimilated to Marcus Aurelius)
AE, 11.32g, 24.5mm
Ref.: SNG France 2231-2232, SNG Levante 1587, Howgego 686 (for countermark), RPC IV.3, 6183 (temporary)
Ex Künker

[NewStyleKing]

Here's Helios, looking very much like a depiction of Jesus

[Sulla80]

Helios on a Dyrrhachion drachm

https://www.sullacoins.com/post/illyrian-drachms

Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm, 92-60 BC, Exephron and Zopyros, magistrates. Obv: Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; head of Helios right and EXEΦPΩN above, owl before Rev: Double stellate pattern within slightly curved double linear square; ΔYP ZΩΠYPOY around

Edited April 22, 2023 by Sulla80