Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 890. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius (3.99 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Q. POMPO[NI] behind, MVSA before, diademed head of Apollo right, hair in ringlets / MVSARVM to left, HERCVLES to right, Hercules standing right, wearing lionskin and playing lyre; club to right. Crawford 410/1; Sydenham 810; Kestner 3372; BMCRR Rome 3602; CNR Pomponia 13/11 (this coin); Pomponia 8. Good VF, lightly toned, two scratches in the obverse right field, lightly toned. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.

See lot 888 for a note on the Muses coinage of Q. Pomponius Musa.