| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 595 Price realized: 27,500 USD (Approx. 25,187 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. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.99 g, 5h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath, hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; flower on stem to left / 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; Q • POMPONI downward to left, MVSA downward to right. Crawford 410/6; Sydenham 814 (same dies as plate coin); Pomponia 12 (same dies as plate coin); BMCRR Rome 3612 (same dies); Kestner –; RBW –. Lightly toned, underlying luster. EF. Perfectly centered and well struck. Possibly the finest known example of this extremely rare issue. Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 281. Of all the Muses in Q. Pomponius Musa's series, Erato, the Muse of Erotic Poetry, is very many times rarer than any other of the Muses. Even the Kestner Museum in Hannover does not have a single example in its extensive collection. Estimate: 30000 USD |  |
