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AR Denarius (Rome, 56 BC)
O/ Head of Apollo right, hair tied with band; sceptre behind.
R/ Melpomene facing, wearing sword and holding club in right hand and tragic mask in left hand; Q POMPONI downwards on right; MVSA downwards on left.
3.88g; 17mm
Crawford 410/4 (less than 10 obverse dies/less than 11 reverse dies)
- Paul A. Dahlman Estate.
- Kurt R. Krueger, (27-29/11/1986), lot 2364.
- Collection of Garth R. Drewry
- CNG, Mail Bid Sale 67 (22/09/2004), lot 1205.
- From an American collection of Roman Republican and Imperatorial coins.
- Leu Numismatik, web auktion 24 (03/12/2022), lot 413.
- Leu Numismatik, web auktion 29 (25/02/2024), 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 410/4
Collection : Roman Republic