A Selection of Muses

Calliope – Muse of Epic Poetry

439, Lot: 440. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre key to left / Calliope, the Muse of Epic Poetry, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing right, playing lyre set on column. Crawford 410/2b; Sydenham 812; Pomponia 10. Good VF, some light toning, struck slightly off center.

From the Fay Beth Wedig Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions V (9 December 1988), lot 290.