Triton XX, Lot: 557. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 9h). Rome mint. Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right; crescent below chin; CONCORDIA upward 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; Mussidia 6a; Kestner 3756-7; BMCRR Rome 4246-7; RBW 1746. EF, deep iridescent toning.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.10498.