Q. Pomponius Musa AR Denarius. Rome, 66 BC. Diademed head of Apollo to right; Q•POMPONI downwards behind, MVSA upwards before / Hercules standing to right, wearing lion-skin headdress and playing lyre, with club at his side; HERCVLES downwards to right, MVSARVM downwards to left. Crawford 410/1; BMCRR Rome 3617; RSC Pomponia 8. 3.88g, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet toning.
This coin published in Richard Schaefer's Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP), binder 6, p. 192, available online at: http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.b06#schaefer.rrdp.b06_0249;
Ex Dix Noonan Webb Ltd., Auction 182, 16 September 2020, lot 572;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction XXXIV, 6 May 1995, lot 261.