Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 899. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius 3.99 gm, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, wearing hair rolled back; flower or rosette before ear; flower on stem behind / Q. POMPONI to left, MVSA to right, Terpischore, the Muse of Dancing, standing right, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, holding lyre and plectrum at her side. Crawford 410/7d; Sydenham 820a; Kestner 3384; BMCRR Rome 3622; CNR Pomponia 20/11 (this coin); Pomponia 17a. VF, light cleaning scratches. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.

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