410/1. Pomponia (56 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 56 BC)

O/ Head of Apollo right, hair tied with band; Q POMPONI downwards behind; MVSA upwards on before. 

R/ Hercules right, wearing lion-skin and playing lyre; club before; HERCVLES downwards on right; MVSARVM downwards on left.

3.90g

Crawford 410/1 (less than 10 obverse dies/less than 11 reverse dies)

- Tauler & Fau, Auction 149 - Ancient World Vol. XIX (01/10/2024), lot 2463.

Quintus Pomponius Musa:

The date of the issue was initially dated from 66 by Crawford, but it was revised to 56 by Hersh and Walker after the discovery of the Mesagne Hoard.*

* Charles Hersh and Alan Walker, "The Mesagne Hoard", Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society), Vol. 29 (1984), pp. 103–134.

Referenz : RRC 410/1

Sammlung : Roman Republic