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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 8146266, member: 83845"]A very interesting thread [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] .  I have nothing of substance to add to the question of celestial sphere vs earth but I have enjoyed the read. Here are a few relevant coins. Poking the unsuspecting earth with a stick?[ATTACH=full]1420769[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireSeverus AlexanderAR Denarius, Antioch mint, struck ca. AD 222-235Dia.: 18 mmWt.: 3.35 gObv.: IMP C AVR ALEXAND AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust rightRev.: PROVID DEORVM; Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and sceptreRef.: RIC 294Ex arnoldoe Collection, Ex Otto Helbing Nachfolger 86, Lot 1585 (Nov. 25, 1942) This one is more of a glob than a globe. Or perhaps a deflated football? Deflate-gate AD 276.[ATTACH=full]1420770[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireProbus, BI Antoninianus, Tripolis mint, second officina, struck ca. AD 276-282Dia.: 22 mmWt.: 3.82 gObv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust rightRev: CLEMENTIA TEMP•, emperor standing right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, receiving globe from Jupiter, holding sceptre, crescent in lower centre, KA in ex. Ref.: RIC V(b) 927.Ex Doug Smith Collection (illustrated on his webpage for Probus), acquired in 1997 from Kreuzer[/QUOTE]