Rare Ancient Coin Likely Shows A Supernova Explosion

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There was a supernova explosion in AD 1054 when a nearby star ran out of fuel. It was visible in the skies above Earth for 23 days and several hundred nights after the blast occurred, despite the fact that it occurred 6,500 light-years away.

A bright explosion, known by modern astronomers as SN 1054, was witnessed by Chinese astronomers who referred to it as a “guest star,” while skywatchers in Japan, Iraq, and perhaps the Americas noted its sudden appearance in writing and stone. The big, bedazzling explosion visible in the sky, however, was never mentioned in Europe – which at that time was largely ruled by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX and the Christian church.

What are the reasons? Was this spontaneous star ignored by the church, or was some nefarious plot behind it to cover up the reality of the cosmos? New research suggests a limited-edition gold coin may contain the answer.

A team of researchers has published a study in the European Journal of Science and Theology that analyzes four Byzantine gold coins produced during Constantine IX’s reign, from AD 1042 to 1055. In contrast to the three coins that show only one star, the fourth coin – which is framed by two bright stars – may be meant as a subtle, and perhaps heretical, depiction of the supernova.

https://curiosmos.com/ancient-coin-supernova-explosion/

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Here are the bibliographic details and abstract from the published report. The full report (PDF format) is accessible via the link below.

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EUROPEAN HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF THE SUPERNOVA OF AD 1054
COINS OF CONSTANTINE IX AND SN 1054
Miroslav D. Filipović, Jeffrey L. Payne, Thomas Jarrett, et al.
European Journal of Science and Theology, August 2022, Vol.18, No.4, 51-66

Abstract
We investigate a possible depiction of the famous SN 1054 event in specially minted coins produced in the Eastern Roman Empire in 1054 A.D. On these coins, we investigate if the head of the Emperor, Constantine IX, might represent the Sun with a bright ‘star’ on either side - Venus in the east and SN 1054 in the west, perhaps also representing the newly split Christian churches. We explore the idea that the eastern star represents the stable and well-known Venus and the Eastern Orthodox Church, while the western star represents the short-lived ‘new star’ and the ‘fading’ Western Catholic church. We examined 36 coins of this rare Constantine IX Class IV batch. While no exact date could be associated to any of these coins, they most likely were minted during the last six months of Constantine IX’s rule in 1054. We hypothesise that the stance of the church concerning the order of the Universe, as well as the chaos surrounding the Great Schism, played a crucial role in stopping the official reporting of an obvious event in the sky, yet a dangerous omen. A temporal coincidence of all these events could be a reasonable explanation as well.

SOURCE / FULL REPORT: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2206/2206.00392.pdf