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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 4659818, member: 74282&quot;]I recently acquired one of these denarii as well, in this case, Urania, muse of Astronomy:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149845[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR Denarius(3.81g), Quintus Pomponius Musa, moneyer, 56 B.C., Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, star. Border of dots. / Urania, muse of Astronomy left, holding rod in right hand and pointing to globe resting on tripod; on right, Q POMPONI downwards; on left, MVSA downwards. Border of dots. Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Harlan J Berk, 21 July 2020, ex Gorny &amp; Mosch 146, 6 March 2006, lot 379, ex Gorny &amp; Mosch 133, 11 October 2004, ex Münzen &amp; Medaillen GmbH 14, 16 April 2004, lot 479, ex Münzen &amp; Medaillen GmbH 11, 7 November 2002, lot 930, ex Numismatik Lanz, München 18, 13 May 1980, lot 253</p><p><br /></p><p>Astronomy is one of my favorite hobbies outside coins, so here&#039;s a related image I recently took of Saturn with my phone as I was observing one night earlier this week:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149846[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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