Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 903. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius (3.74 gm, 1h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, wearing hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; flower or rosette before ear; wreath behind / MVSA to left, Q. POMPONI to right, Polymnia, the Muse of Rhetoric, standing facing in pensive mood, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum. Crawford 410/10a; Sydenham 817; Kestner 3389; BMCRR Rome 3617; Pomponia 15; CNR Pomponia 28/8 (this coin). Good VF, toned. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.

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