61, Lot: 142. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Pomponius Molo. 97 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.73 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Numa Pompilius standing right at altar, holding lituus while youth advances left with goat. Crawford 334/1; Pomponia 6. Toned VF, oblong flan, light porosity. 

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

The gens Pomponia claimed descent from Pompo, one of the sons of Numa Pompilius, the second of Rome's early kings.