Watch List notes:

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.80 g, 8h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath, hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; plectrum to left / Calliope, the Muse of Epic Poetry, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing right, playing lyre set on column; Q • POMPONI downward to left, MVSA downward to right. Crawford 410/2b; Sydenham 812; Pomponia 10; BMCRR Rome 3608-9; Kestner 3375; RBW –. Toned. Near EF. Attractive in hand.

From the Walter Wise Collection, purchased from Schweizerischen Kreditanstalt, Zurich, May 1986.