Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 963. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.73 gm, 12h). Rome mint. CONCORDIA behind, diademed and veiled bust of Concordia right; crescent below chin / L. MVSSIDIVS. LONGVS above, circular platform ornamented with a trellis-pattern balustrade, inscribed CLOACIN, on which there are two statues of Venus Cloacina, each resting hand on cippus; flight of steps at left side of platform. Crawford 494/42c; CRI 188b; Sydenham 1093b; Kestner 3756; BMCRR Rome 4246; Mussidia 6a. EF, deep toning. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.