Live auction - brm_1144287 - POMPONIA Denier
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Live starting : Type : Denier
Date: 66 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,25 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli portrait d’Apollon, finement détaillé et bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite ; derrière, une sandale (calceus).
Reverse
Reverse legend : Q. POMPONI/ MVSA.
Reverse description : Thalia (Thalie), muse de la Comédie debout à gauche, tenant un masque comique de la main droite et le bras gauche appuyé sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : “Quintus Pomponius/ Musa”, (Quintus Pomponius Musa).
Commentary
Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à dix coins de droit et de onze coins de revers pour trois variétés. Ce denier est en fait infiniment plus rare que ne le laissent imaginer les ouvrages généraux. Le symbole du droit se rapporte à Thalia (muse de la Comédie) avec une sandale placée derrière la tête d’Apollon. Le calceus, chaussure typique des Romains se portait avec la toge, c’était une sorte de brodequin de cuir.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted a lower estimate of ten obverse dies and eleven reverse dies for three varieties. This denarius is in fact infinitely rarer than general works suggest. The obverse symbol refers to Thalia (muse of Comedy) with a sandal placed behind the head of Apollo. The calceus, a typical Roman shoe worn with the toga, was a kind of leather boot.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted a lower estimate of ten obverse dies and eleven reverse dies for three varieties. This denarius is in fact infinitely rarer than general works suggest. The obverse symbol refers to Thalia (muse of Comedy) with a sandal placed behind the head of Apollo. The calceus, a typical Roman shoe worn with the toga, was a kind of leather boot.
Historical background
POMPONIA
(66 BC)
The gens Pomponia is a plebeian family of Rome with several consuls.
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