POMPONIUA MUSA SILVER DENARIUS – ISSUE WITH URANIA MUSE OF ASTRONOMY – CHOICE AU NGC GRADED ROMAN REPUBLICAN COIN (Inv. 18086)

$1,350.00

ROMAN REPUBLIC. Q. POMPONIUS MUSA, 66/56 BC.
Silver denarius, 3.78 g, 18 mm. Issue of Rome.
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right, star in left field. Rev. Q POMPONI / MVSA, Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, standing left, holding rod and pointing to a globe.
Crawford, 410/8; Sydenham, 823.
NGC graded CHOICE AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, with multicolored iridescent toning, part of Pomponius Musa’s “Muse series”, a choice of subject matter based on the moneyer’s name.

Published: Vilmar Fixed Price List IV, no. 92.