Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 900. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius (4.02 gm, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, wearing hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; flower or rosette before ear; star behind / MVSA to left, Q. POMPONI to right, Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, standing left, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, and holding wand over globe resting on tripod. Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823; Kestner 3385; BMCRR Rome 3628; Pomponia 22. EF, struck slightly off center, toned. ($1000)

From the Claude Collection.

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