| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3047 Price realized: 190 CHF (Approx. 216 USD / 201 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Q. Pomponius Musa, 56 BC. Denarius (Silver, 11 mm, 3.44 g, 6 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right; to left, volumen. Rev. Q•POMPONI / MVSA Clio, the Muse of History, standing front, head to left, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, reading from an open scroll held in both hands and resting her left elbow on draped column. Babelon (Pomponia) 11. Crawford 410/3. RBW 1485. Sydenham 813. Attractively toned. Lightly porous and the obverse struck somewhat off center, otherwise, very fine. From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 19th century. Other than on the coins of this moneyer, the name Musa is unknown in Roman history associated with the Pomponia gens. The reference to Hercules Musagetes and the nine Muses is obvious: it is a punning allusion to the name of the moneyer. It is probable that the representation of Hercules here, as well as the depictions of the Muses on Q. Pomponius Musa's other denarii, are actual representations of the statuary which M. Fulvius Nobilior had installed in the temple he erected to the Muses in the Circus Flaminius in 179 BC. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
