Watch List notes:

Q. Pomponius Musa AR Denarius. Rome, 66 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right; sandal behind / Thalia, the Muse of Comedy and Idyllic Poetry, standing left, holding comic mask and resting elbow on column; Q•POMPONI downwards to right, MVSA downwards to left. Crawford 410/9b; RSC Pomponia 19. 3.66g, 17mm, 1h.

Near Mint State; attractive light tone with hints of golden iridescence.

Ex private Spanish collection.

Thalia, like all the Muses, is the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne and the eighth child born of the nine, her name meaning 'the joyous', or 'the flourishing'.