Triton XVI, Lot: 815. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Mn. Cordius Rufus. 46 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.05 g, 7h). Rome mint. Conjoined heads of the Dioscuri right, wearing laureate pilei surmounted by stars; RVFVS • III • VIR downwards to left / Venus Verticordia standing left, holding scales in right hand and transverse scepter in left; Cupid on her shoulder; (MN) • CORDIVS downwards to right. Crawford 463/1a; CRI 63; Sydenham 976; Kestner 3597; BMCRR Rome 4037-8; Cordia 2a. EF, lustrous, shallow scratch on cheek. Exceptional.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb A3 (27 September 2007), lot 2487.