Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1336. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] Mn. Cordius Rufus. 46 BC. AR Denarius (4.41 g, 9h). Rome mint. RVFVS III VI[R] behind, conjoined heads of the Dioscuri, each wearing a pileus, ornamented with a thin double band, surmounted by a star / MN• (ligate) CORDIVS, Venus Verticordia standing left, holding scales and sceptre. Crawford 463/1b; CRI 63a; Sydenham 976c; Kestner 3593; BMCRR Rome 4039; Cordia 1. EF, toned, obverse struck slightly off center on an oval flan. ($300)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.