Clio — Muse of History

Triton XVII, Lot: 540. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; volumen tied with cord to left / Clio, the Muse of History, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing left, holding and reading from an open scroll, resting left elbow on draped column; Q • POMPONI downwards to right, MVSA downwards to left. Crawford 410/3; Sydenham 813; Kestner 3376-7; BMCRR Rome 3610-1; Pomponia 11; CNR 17. Good VF, toned.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24717.