CNG 109, Lot: 560. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18.4mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; star of eight rays to left / Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, standing left, touching with wand held in right hand globe set on base. Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823; Pomponia 22; RBW 1488. EF, attractively toned, obverse struck slightly off center.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex JD Collection of Roman Republican Coins (Part II, Numismatica Ars Classica 72, 16 May 2013), lot 472 (hammer 5500 CHF); Claude Collection (Triton VIII, 10 January 2005), lot 900.