410/9b. Pomponia (56 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 56 BC)

O/ Laureate head of Apollo right, hair tied with band; sandal behind.

R/ Thalia left, holding comic mask in right hand and resting left elbow on column; Q POMPONI downwards on right; MVSA downwards on left. 

3.78g; 18.5mm

Crawford 410/9b (less than 10 obverse dies/less than 11 reverse dies)

- Artemide LXII (26/10/2024), lot 326.

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 410/9b

Collection : Roman Republic