★ Urania — Muse of Astronomy ★

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.89 g, 2h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; star of eight rays to left / Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing left, touching with wand held in right hand a globe set on base; Q • POMPONI downward to right, MVSA downward to left. Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823; Pomponia 22; BMCRR Rome 3628-32; Kestner 3385-6; RBW 1488. Lightly toned, faint hairlines. EF.

From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Ponterio 104 (4 November 1999), lot 539; Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 141.