Euterpe – Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry

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Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.36 g, 6h). 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. Crawford 410/5; Sydenham 815; Pomponia 13; BMCRR Rome 3613; Kestner 3379-80; RBW 1487. Dark iridescent tone, slightly off center on obverse. EF.

Ex Vogelberg Collection.