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Denarius Serratus - Pomponia 7
A serratus subaeratus
A fourrée is a coin, most often a counterfeit, that is made from a base metal core that has been plated with a precious metal to look like its solid metal counter part.
about to sacrifice a goat held by a youth at the altar, NVMA POMPIL in exergue, RSC Pomponia 6, Syd.607, Craw.334/1. Obv. centered to rt. and rev. centered on small oval flan, rt. side legend lost and face crowded obv. and part of exergue off rev.
Terpsichore, the Muse of Dancing - (Pomponia 17 and 18) Laureate head of Apollo with flower on stalk behind (17) or tortoise behind (18), Terpsichore standing right, holding lyre and plectrum (which she is said to have invented).
It is seen in the hand of Hercules himself, sometimes the right, at others the left, or by his side, in coins o fthe Antia (see Restio), AEmilia, Caecilia, Cornelia, Eppia, Poblicia, Pomponia, Vibia, &c.
 See also: Silver, Caesar, Legend, Coin, Laureate
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