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E-Sale 36  27 May 2017
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Lot 471

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 202 GBP
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L. Mussidius Longus AR Denarius. Rome, 42 BC. Radiate and draped bust of Sol facing, facing slightly right / The shrine of Venus Cloacina; depicted is a low platform of galley-like form, with steps and a tripod to left, two statues of Venus at the centre and a low column to right; L•MVSSIDIVS•LONGVS above, CLOACIN inscribed on platform below. Crawford 494/43a; RSC Mussidia 7. 3.64g, 17mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Banker's mark to both obv. and rev. Toned.

This reverse commemorates the building of the great drain of Rome; The Cloaca Maxima.
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