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Auction XIII  23 March 2017
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Lot 629

Estimate: 2000 GBP
Price realized: 3400 GBP
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L. Mussidius Longus AR Denarius. Rome, 42 BC. Draped bust of Victory, with the features of Fulvia, right / Victory in prancing biga to right; L•MVSSIDIVS above, LONGVS below. Crawford 494/40; Mussidia 4; CRI 186; Sydenham 1095. 4.03g, 18mm, 8h.

Good Very Fine. Very complete and in fine style for the issue. Very Rare.

This rare type has long been recognised to depict Fulvia, the aristocratic and politically ambitious wife of Marc Antony. She was the first non-mythological Roman woman to ever appear on a Roman coin.
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