397, Lot: 417. Estimate $100. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.38 g, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; sandal behind / Thalia, the Muse of comedy, standing left, holding comic mask and crook, leaning arm on column. Crawford 410/9a; Sydenham 822; Pomponia 21. VF, toned, porous, numerous scratches. Rare variety with Thalia also holding a crook.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24796.