Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 898. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius (3.90 gm, 8h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, wearing hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; flower or rosette before ear; tortoise behind / MVSA to left, Q. POMPONI to right, Terpischore, the Muse of Dancing, standing right, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, holding lyre and plectrum at her side. Crawford 410/7a; Sydenham 819; Kestner 3381; BMCRR Rome 3619; CNR Pomponia 31/6 (this coin); Pomponia 18a. Good VF, obverse banker's mark on neck, lightly toned. ($750)
From the Claude Collection.See lot 888 for a note on the Muses coinage of Q. Pomponius Musa.