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Euterpe: Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1233. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007. 
Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (3.58 g, 9h). 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. VF, toned, traces of deposits.