Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143Auction date: 7 May 2024
Lot number: 358

Price realized: 2,250 CHF   (Approx. 2,487 USD / 2,310 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic.
Mn. Cordius Rufus. Denarius 46, AR 20 mm, 3.87 g. Jugate heads of the Dioscuri r., wearing laureate pilei; behind, RVFVS III VIR. Rev. Venus standing l., holding scales and sceptre; on her shoulder, Cupid; behind, MN CORDIVS. Babelon Cordia 2. Sydenham 976. Sear Imperators 63. FFC 603 (this coin). RBW 1606. Crawford 463/1a.
Lovely light iridescent tone, from a worn obverse and minor die shift
on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck and almost Fdc

Ex CNG Numismatic Review 19, 1994, 199; CNG 32, 1994, 336; NAC 10, 2007, 542 and Aureo & Calicó 319, 2018, Alba Longa, 268 sales.

Estimate: 500 CHF