Euterpe: Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry

CNG 85, Lot: 814. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; two flutes crossed behind / Euterpe, the Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry, standing right, supporting her head with hand by resting her elbow on column, and holding two flutes (tibiae). Crawford 410/5; Sydenham 815; Pomponia 13. Good VF. Well centered on both sides.