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Polyhymnia – Muse of Divine Hymns and Sacred Poetry

439, Lot: 447. Estimate $200.
Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.93 g, 8h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; wreath tied with fillet to left / Polyhymnia, the Muse of Divine Hymns and Sacred Poetry, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing facing, her head bound with wreath. Crawford 410/10a; Sydenham 817; Pomponia 15. VF, toned, banker’s marks, minor deposits.


From the Fay Beth Wedig Collection. Ex Lanz 97 (22 May 2000), lot 414.