Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 897. Closing Date: Jan 
  10, 2005. Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius 
  (3.87 gm, 8h). Rome mint. Estimate $1000 Sold 
  For $1500 

Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. AR Denarius (3.87 gm, 
8h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, 
wearing hair rolled back and in loose locks over 
forehead; flower or rosette before ear; tortoise 
behind / MVSA to left, Q. POMPONI to right, 
Terpischore, the Muse of Dancing, standing right, 
wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, holding 
lyre and plectrum at her side. Crawford 410/7a; 
Sydenham 819; Kestner 3381; BMCRR Rome 3619; 
Pomponia 18a. EF. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Gallerie 
des Monnaies 1 (25-26 June 1976), lot 763.

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



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