Clio – Muse of History

448, Lot: 374. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.49 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; volumen tied with cord to left / Clio, the Muse of History, standing left, holding and reading from an open scroll, resting elbow on column. Crawford 410/3; Sydenham 813; Pomponia 11; RBW 1485. Toned. Fine.