Watch List notes:

EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Geto-Dacians. After 56 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.37 g, 11h). Imitating Q. Pomponius Musa. Laureate head of Apollo right; flower on stem behind / Erato, the Muse of Erotic Poetry, standing slightly right, head facing, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, holding lyre in left hand and with right hand striking it with plectrum. Davis –. For prototype: cf. Crawford 410/6. Lightly toned, scratches. Near VF. Extremely rare.

Ex Berk BBS 79 (2 November 1993), lot 246.