Euterpe – The Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry

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Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath, hair rolled back and in loose locks over forehead; two crossed tibiae to left / Euterpe, the Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing right, supporting her head with her left hand by resting her elbow on column, and holding two tibiae in right hand; Q • POMPONI downward to left, MVSA downward to right. Toned with iridescence, small edge cut, surface marks. VF.

Ex Carol Ross Collection; Stack’s (9 June 1998), lot 134.