Capricorn Image on Ancient Roman Coins

Document Type : Original Article

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Tourism Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism Hotels, Suez Canal University, Ismailia Egypt

Abstract

Coins not just means of exchange, but also carriers of text and imagery messages, the ancient Roman coins contain a vast number of images of several heroic and mythical gods as well as, astronomical symbols and constellations' signs, these images act as messages that support both political publicity and art of that time. One of these images is still known nowadays: the Capricorn recognized in Greco-Roman mythology as the goat-fish hybrid. It is the tenth astrological sign in the zodiac between Archer (Sagittarius) and the water carrier (Aquarius). The Capricorn iconography was spread on coins and the popularity of this motif appears specially during the reign of Augustus, moreover the coins bearing this image have participated broadly to spread its iconography and the various meanings related to it. This is descriptive research aims to describe some patterns of the Capricorn images, and to emphasize the meanings and functions related to this image on the Ancient Roman coinage which dates from 90 BC. till 270 AD.   

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Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 11 April 2022

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