Coin "Calliope Muse of Poetry"

Name	Calliope Muse of Poetry
Presented by	PAMP SA (Switzerland)
Nominal value	2 dollars (Fiji)
Metal	Silver 999°
Thickness	2,1
Production quality	Proof with several levels of frosting quality
Description of obverse and reverse	Obverse: the coin’s obverse depicts the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the monetary value and the 2011 year-date. Reverse: Calliope whose name means beautiful voice, is the muse of epic poetry. The eldest and wisest, Calliope was the chief of all the Muses. She is depicted with a scroll and stylus, and sometimes as wearing a gold crown.
A brief annotation	Calliope is the mother of Orpheus, demigod master of poetry and the lyre. The father of Orpheus is often identified as Oeagrus, King of Thrace, but in some accounts is given as Apollo, god of light, and friend and protector of the Muses. Calliope inspired many of the great epic poems of Greek literature that told of heroic deeds and events significant to Greek culture. Calliope was the inspiration for the monumental epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, and was hence known as Homer’s muse.
Designer	PAMP SA (Switzerland)
Producer	PAMP SA (Switzerland)

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