279, Lot: 371. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.72 g, 8h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; sandal behind / Clio, the Muse of History, standing left, leaning on pedestal, holding scroll. Crawford 410/3; Sydenham 813; Pomponia 11. Fine, toned, reverse struck off center, shallow edge test cut at 12 o’clock.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.