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Thalia – Muse of Comedy

503356. Sold For $9500

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.77 g, 4h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; sandal to left / Thalia, the Muse of Comedy, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing left and leaning left arm on column, holding persona (comic mask) in outstretched right hand; Q • POMPONI downward to right, MVSA downward to left. Crawford 410/9b; Sydenham 821; Pomponia 19; BMCRR Rome 3624-7; Kestner 3388; RBW –. Choice EF, attractive even gray tone with slight iridescence around the devices.


From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Roma V (23 March 2013), lot 571.