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Egypt. Alexandria. Nero AD 54-68. Dated RY 14=AD 67/8Billon-Tetradrachm24 mm, 12,43 gNЄPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣЄB ΓЄP AV, radiate bust left, wearing aegis, LIΔ (date) before / ΔΙΟΣ ΟΛV-ΜΠΙΟY, laureate bust of Zeus Olympios right, with slight drapery, star beneath chin.about very fineRPC I 5313...

Although the moneyer Q. Pomponius Musa is unknown to history, his choice of Hercules Musagetes and the nine Muses as coin types is remarkable and clearly connected to his cognomen. The reverses of this series – Hercules playing the lyre and the Muses, can be none other than the celebrated statue gro..