383, Lot: 475. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.81 g, 4h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; two crossed tibiae behind / Euterpe, the Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing right, leaning head on hand and holding two tibiae. Crawford 410/5; Sydenham 815; Pomponia 13. Good VF, toned, some iridescence, struck slightly off center.

From the David Wray Collection.