Watch List notes:

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.68 g, 3h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Apollo right, wearing hair in ringlets / Hercules Musagetes, Conductor of the Muses, standing right, wearing lion skin and playing lyre; club to right. Crawford 410/1; Sydenham 810; Pomponia 8; RBW –. Toned, some light porosity, a few minor scratches on the obverse. Good VF.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex JD Collection (Part III, Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 26 May 2014), lot 662.