Triton XVI, Lot: 847. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.81 g, 7h). Rome mint. Radiate and draped bust of Sol facing slightly right / 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 • MVSSIDI[VS • LONG]VS around above. Crawford 494/43a; CRI 189; Sydenham 1094; Kestner 3758-9; BMCRR Rome 4248-51; Mussidia 7. Good VF, toned, tiny deposit on obverse, struck off center.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Rauch 81 (23 November 2007), lot 260.