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Long Beach Signature Sale 3057 7-8 Sep 2017
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L. Mussidius Longus (42 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.73 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF★ 4/5 - 4/5. Rome. Radiate and draped bust of Sol-Helios facing, turned slightly to right / L. MVSSIDIVS LONGVS, 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 center and a low column to right, CLOACIN inscribed on base. Crawford 494/43a. CRI 189. Sydenham 1094. Attractive old cabinet toning.
The obverse of this famous type likely alludes to the "liberation" of Rhodes from forces loyal to Cassius and Brutus, the assassins of Caesar, who had sacked the city and stationed a garrison there the previous year. Rhodes had been famous for its gargantuan Colossus, a bronze statue depicting the sun god Helios, which had lain in ruins since it was felled by an earthquake in 226 BC.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 600-800 USD
L. Mussidius Longus (42 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.73 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF★ 4/5 - 4/5. Rome. Radiate and draped bust of Sol-Helios facing, turned slightly to right / L. MVSSIDIVS LONGVS, 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 center and a low column to right, CLOACIN inscribed on base. Crawford 494/43a. CRI 189. Sydenham 1094. Attractive old cabinet toning.
The obverse of this famous type likely alludes to the "liberation" of Rhodes from forces loyal to Cassius and Brutus, the assassins of Caesar, who had sacked the city and stationed a garrison there the previous year. Rhodes had been famous for its gargantuan Colossus, a bronze statue depicting the sun god Helios, which had lain in ruins since it was felled by an earthquake in 226 BC.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 600-800 USD