309, Lot: 238. Estimate $100. Sold for $687. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.56 g, 8h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; scepter behind / Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, standing right, wearing sword, holding club and mask. Crawford 410/4; Sydenham 816; Pomponia 14. Near VF, lightly toned, porosity, two bankers’ marks on obverse.

From the RVP Collection.