Triton XVI, Lot: 846. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right; crescent below chin; CONCORDIA upwards behind / Shrine of Venus Cloacina: Circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting right hand on cippus, the platform inscribed CLOACIN and ornamented with trellis-pattern balustrade, flight of steps and portico on left; L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS around above. Crawford 494/42c; CRI 188b; Sydenham 1093b; Kestner 3756-7; BMCRR Rome 4246-7; Mussidia 6a. Near EF, darkly toned, a few light marks under tone. Exceptional.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Heidelberger/Grün 48 (15 November 2007), lot 168.