Clio — Muse of History

Triton XX, Lot: 530. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.01 g, 2h). 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 downward to right, MVSA downward to left. Crawford 410/3; Sydenham 813; Pomponia 11; Kestner 3376-7; BMCRR Rome 3610-1; RBW 1485. Good VF, deep iridescent toning, light scratches under tone, hint of die break in right field of obverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22564.