Halley's comet of 87 BC on the coins of Armenian king Tigranes?

Details Halley's comet of 87 BC on the coins of Armenian king Tigranes? Halley's comet of 87 BC on the coins of Armenian king Tigranes?

2004-05-14

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0405073v3

Astronomy & Geophysics 45 (4, August), p.4.06, 2004

Physics

History and Philosophy of Physics

The published version. The photos of coins are subject of copyright and can be used only upon permission of the first author

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1468-4004.2003.45406.x

Coins of Armenian king Tigranes II the Great (95-55 BC), silver and copper-bronze tetradrachms and drachms, clearly reveal a star with a tail on the royal tiara which may be associated with the Halley's comet passage of 87 BC. If so, one has another case when astronomical events can be useful for historical chronological problems, this would be a far earlier record of Halley in Armenia than was previously known from chronicles and also one of the earliest known images of Halley's comet.

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