beluga Posted August 24 · Member Share Posted August 24 finished the set this year, oddly enough mars(one of the most common) was the last acquired. some probably have most of the set without having considered it. i imagine the majority of people on here will be able to interpret it easily but i'll let the others speculate for a bit. i will reply later with the RIC info on the coins used 11 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beluga Posted August 25 · Member Author Share Posted August 25 sol - RIC IV Caracalla 264B aurora preparing sol's chariot - RRC 453/1 mercury - RIC IV Trajan Decius 142 venus - RIC III Commodus 286A terra with the four seasons - RIC IV Septimius Severus 549 luna - RIC IV Caracalla 379A caesar's comet - RIC I (second edition) Augustus 37B mars - RIC IV Trebonianus Gallus 84 jupiter - RIC IV Severus Alexander 5c saturn - RIC V Valerian 210 urania muse of astronomy - RRC 410/8 neptune - RIC V Postumus 76 pluto - RIC IV Caracalla 261A obviously no roman coins for the greek uranus and unsure if this is actually true but the wiki for urania claims - The planet Uranus, though mostly named after the Greek god personifying the sky, is also indirectly named after Urania apologies for the bad photos, still just using a phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 25 · Patron Share Posted August 25 It's the solar system, from Mercury to Pluto. 😃 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted August 25 · Member Share Posted August 25 But one coin isn't strictly correct - does anyone want to try to figure why ?! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenfool Posted August 25 · Member Share Posted August 25 (edited) Very lovely collecting idea! Some other moons of other planets could be added too! 1 hour ago, Heliodromus said: But one coin isn't strictly correct - does anyone want to try to figure why ?! The comet of Julius Caesar should be on the far edge of the solar system, rather than near Earth? Edited August 25 by Steppenfool 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 25 · Patron Share Posted August 25 1 hour ago, Heliodromus said: But one coin isn't strictly correct - does anyone want to try to figure why ?! It is not wise to disrespect the god Pluto. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted August 25 · Member Share Posted August 25 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: It is not wise to disrespect the god Pluto. Good guess, but the Roman's considered it a planet (and why not?!), so not that one ... Edit: Or rather it was considered a planet when they were named - I don't think the Roman's knew about it Edited August 25 by Heliodromus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted August 25 · Supporter Share Posted August 25 Presumably Uranus, as he wasn't on a Roman coin. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted August 25 · Member Share Posted August 25 (edited) 17 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: Presumably Uranus, as he wasn't on a Roman coin. Yes ! All the other planets are being represented here by Roman gods, but Uranus is named after the Greek god Ouranos (roman equivalent Caelus) who I don't believe ever appeared on a coin, so it's actually the muse Urania who's standing in here representing Uranus! Edited August 25 by Heliodromus 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beluga Posted August 26 · Member Author Share Posted August 26 apologies for the delay, just realized my original reply wasn't approved by the moderator so giving it another go sol - RIC IV Caracalla 264B aurora preparing sol's chariot - RRC 453/1 mercury - RIC IV Trajan Decius 142 venus - RIC III Commodus 286A terra with the four seasons - RIC IV Septimius Severus 549 luna - RIC IV Caracalla 379A caesar's comet - RIC I (second edition) Augustus 37B mars - RIC IV Trebonianus Gallus 84 jupiter - RIC IV Severus Alexander 5c saturn - RIC V Valerian 210 urania muse of astronomy - RRC 410/8 neptune - RIC V Postumus 76 pluto - RIC IV Caracalla 261A obviously no roman coins for the greek uranus and unsure if this is actually true but the wiki for urania claims - The planet Uranus, though mostly named after the Greek god personifying the sky, is also indirectly named after Urania apologies for the poor photo quality, still just using a phone 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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