410/8. Pomponia (56 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 56 BC)

O/ Head of Apollo right, hair tied with band; star behind.

R/ Urania left, holding rod in right hand and pointing to globe resting on tripod; Q POMPONI downwards on right; MVSA downwards on left. 

3.67g; 18mm

Crawford 410/8 (less than 10 obverse dies/less than 11 reverse dies)

- Leu Numismatik, web auktion 27 (10/09/2023), lot 1412.

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.

Référence : RRC 410/8

Collection : Roman Republic