Watch List notes:

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 4.04 g, 12h). 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. Attractively toned with a hint of iridescence. Near EF.


From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 825465 (October 2008); T.L. Taylor Collection; Baldwin's 57 (23 September 2008), lot 65.