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Auction archive: Lot number 629

L. Mussidius Longus AR Denarius. Rome

Estimate
£2,000
ca. US$2,468
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 629

L. Mussidius Longus AR Denarius. Rome

Estimate
£2,000
ca. US$2,468
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

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.

Auction archive: Lot number 629
Auction:
Datum:
23 Mar 2017
Auction house:
Roma Numismatics Limited
20 Fitzroy Square
London, W1T 6EJ
United Kingdom
sales@romanumismatics.com
+44 (0)20 7121 6518
Beschreibung:

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.

Auction archive: Lot number 629
Auction:
Datum:
23 Mar 2017
Auction house:
Roma Numismatics Limited
20 Fitzroy Square
London, W1T 6EJ
United Kingdom
sales@romanumismatics.com
+44 (0)20 7121 6518
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