Very Rare Cordius Rufus Sestertius

Triton XVI, Lot: 817. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Mn. Cordius Rufus. 46 BC. AR Sestertius (10mm, 0.63 g, 6h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Venus right, wearing earring and necklace of pendants, hair collected in knot at back, one lock of hair falling down neck, row of pearls passes behind from the diadem to the knot of hair; (MN) CORDIVS downwards to left / Cupid advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left over left shoulder; RVFI downwards to right. Crawford 463/5a; CRI 67; Sydenham 980a; Kestner 3606 var. (obv. legend); BMCRR Rome 4048; Cordia 7. VF, toned, some porosity, short hairline flan crack, light scratch on reverse. Very rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Bruce R. Brace Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 1366; Classical Numismatic Group 39 (18 September 1996), lot 1237.