Urania – Muse of Astronomy

372, Lot: 374. Estimate $300. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.15 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; star of eight rays to left / Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, standing left, holding wand over globe set on base. Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823; Pomponia 22. Good VF, toned, struck off center.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Künker 262 (13 March 2015), lot 7645 (hammer €300).