Watch List notes:

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; star of eight rays to left / Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing left, touching with wand held in right hand a globe set on base; Q • POMPONI downward to right, MVSA downward to left. Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823; Pomponia 22; BMCRR Rome 3628-32; Kestner 3385-6; RBW 1488. Old cabinet toning, shallow cleaning scratches under tone, traces of deposits. Good VF.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22560 (Triton XVII, 7 January 2014), lot 543.