| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3049 Price realized: 360 CHF (Approx. 409 USD / 380 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, 18 mm, 4.15 g, 5 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, calceus (sandal). Rev. Q•POMPONI / MVSA Thalia, the Muse of Comedy, standing facing, head to left, holding comic mask in her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on column. Babelon (Pomponia) 21. Crawford 410/9a. RBW -. Sydenham 822. Lightly toned. Struck from worn dies and with some deposits, 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: 25 CHF |  |
