407, Lot: 549. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.57 g, 10h). Rome mint. Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right / Shrine of Venus Cloacina: circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting a hand on cippus. Crawford 494/42a; CRI 188; Sydenham 1093; Mussidia 6b. Good VF, toned with some iridescence. Dramatic rotated double strike on the obverse.

From the B.H. Webb Collection.