Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 894. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius (4.18 gm, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, wearing hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; flower or rosette before ear; sceptre behind / MVSA to left, Q. POMPONI to right, Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, standing facing, head right, wearing long flowing tunic, peplum, and sword, holding club and mask. Crawford 410/4; Sydenham 816; Kestner 3378; BMCRR Rome 3615; CNR Pomponia 24/6 (this coin); Pomponia 14. Good VF, toned, tiny edge test cut. ($750)

From the Claude Collection.

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