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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |99-50 B.C.| > SH18012
Roman Republic, Q. Pomponius Musa, 66 B.C.
|99-50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Q.| |Pomponius| |Musa,| |66| |B.C.|, Many of the Roman moneyers had a solid sense of humor and word play with homonyms was very popular. Pomponius Musa, playing on his name, issued ten types each depicting Hercules Musagetes (Conductor of the Muses) or one of nine different Muses, creating one of the most interesting and sought after series of the Republican coinage. This coin depicts Urania, the Muse of Astronomy.
SH18012. Silver denarius, Crawford 410/8, Sydenham 823, RSC I Pomponia 22, Russo RBW 1488, SRCV I 359, VF, Rome mint, weight 4.017g, maximum diameter 18.1mm, die axis 45o, 66 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, star behind; reverse MVSA on left, Q POMPONI on right, Urania, Muse of Astronomy, standing left, pointing with rod at globe on tripod-stand; SOLD











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