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Denarius with head of Concordia, struck under L. Mussidius Longus

Roman
Republican Period
about 42 B.C.
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 3.89 gm.
Credit Line Deposited by The Boston Athenaeum
Accession Number13.639
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Concordia right, veiled and diademed.
Beneath chin: star.
Behind: CONCORDIA
Reverse: Circular platform ornamented with trellis and patterned balustrade, inscribed: CLOACIN
Atop platform, pair of draped statues of Venus Cloacina; to right, low column; to left, flight of steps and portico.
Above: L MVSSI[DIVS]
Below: LONGVS