Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1348. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $365. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.97 g, 11h). Rome mint. Radiate and draped bust of Sol facing / MVSSIDIVS. LON[GVS] above, two statues of Venus Cloacina on platform with balustrade of the shrine of Venus Cloacina, inscribed CLO[ACIN]. Crawford 494/43a; RCI 189; Sydenham 1094; Kestner 3758-3759; BMCRR Rome 4248-4251; Mussidia 7. Good VF, medium gray cabinet toning, struck slightly off center, minor marks and a small area of edge smoothing. ($300)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.