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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3128182, member: 83845"]What an awesome thread [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] and well deserving of being a featured article. The case for the coin depicting a globe and zodiac is interesting and convincing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be interested to read why Strack thinks it represents Aeternitas over other possibilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am curious if it was considered whether or not the reverse could depict Urania, the muse associated with astronomy and philosophy.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797517[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here is a photo I recently took at the Vatican museum (Roman copy from the time of Hadrian) showing Urania holding a globe. Diodorus Siculus said that she "raises aloft to heaven" those who take her instruction. She is usually shown with a globe and compass.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3128182, member: 83845"]What an awesome thread [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] and well deserving of being a featured article. The case for the coin depicting a globe and zodiac is interesting and convincing. I would be interested to read why Strack thinks it represents Aeternitas over other possibilities. I am curious if it was considered whether or not the reverse could depict Urania, the muse associated with astronomy and philosophy. [ATTACH=full]797517[/ATTACH] Here is a photo I recently took at the Vatican museum (Roman copy from the time of Hadrian) showing Urania holding a globe. Diodorus Siculus said that she "raises aloft to heaven" those who take her instruction. She is usually shown with a globe and compass.[/QUOTE]
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