Thalia – Muse of Comedy

439, Lot: 446. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.96 g, 3h). 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. Crawford 410/9b; Sydenham 821; Pomponia 19. VF, some light iridescent toning, flatly struck in areas.

From the Fay Beth Wedig Collection. Ex Vecchi 10 (24 March 1998), lot 632.