Euterpe – Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry

443, Lot: 472. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.87 g, 2h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; [two crossed tibiae behind] / Euterpe, the Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing right, leaning head on hand and holding two tibiae. Crawford 410/5; Sydenham 815; Pomponia 13; Type as RBW 1487. Near VF, toned, several bankers’ marks on the obverse.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Kölner Münzkabinett.