456, Lot: 333. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.79 g, 3h). Rome mint. Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right; star below chin / 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. Crawford 494/42b; CRI 188a; Sydenham 1093a; Mussidia 6; RBW 1745. Toned with some iridescence, obverse struck off center. Near EF.

From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (20 February 1981), lot 261.