Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 889. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius (3.76 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Q. POMPONI behind, MVSA before, diademed head of Apollo right, hair in ringlets / MVSARVM to left, HERCVLES to right, Hercules standing right, wearing lion's skin and playing lyre; club to right. Crawford 410/1; Sydenham 810; Kestner 3372; BMCRR Rome 3602; Pomponia 8. Good VF, lightly toned. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.

See lot 888 for a note on the Muses coinage of Q. Pomponius Musa.