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Auction #26
Lot Number: 62223
Final Sale Price: $319.00
Denomination: Denarius
Reference: Crawford 494/42c; Sear, CRI188b; Sydenham 1093b; 
Mussidia 6a

L. Mussidius Longus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.90 gm). CONCORDIA, diademed and veiled
  bust of Concordia right, crescent below chin / L. MVSSIDIVS LONGVS, shrine of Venus
  Cloacina inscribed CLOACIN on which there are two statues of the goddess. Crawford
  494/42c; Sear, CRI188b; Sydenham 1093b; Mussidia 6a. VF. Estimate $200.

 Sear believes that the reverse type on this issue may refer to the concept of
  purification following the treachery of Caesar's murder, as the shrine of Venus
  Cloacina was located on the north side of the Forum, above the Cloaca Maxima--one of
  Rome's oldest sewers.

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