Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1300. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Moneyer Issues] Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius (4.19 g, 4h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, wearing hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; flower or rosette before ear; star behind / Q. POMPONI to right, MVSA to left, 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, handsome gray and iridescent blue toning. ($1500)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.