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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3937090, member: 56859"]D'OH! How could I forget my glorious Sol of the Sewer? Yours is absolutely marvelous, certainly the best I've seen.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cloacinasolreshoot-1000-jpg.353146/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome</b></p><p><b>L. Mussidius Longus, 42 BCE</b></p><p>AR denarius, 18 mm, 3.8 gm. Rome mint.</p><p>Obv: Radiate and draped bust of Sol facing</p><p>Rev: Shrine of Venus Cloacina: Circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting right hand on cippus, the platform inscribed CLOAC and ornamented with trellis-pattern balustrade, flight of steps and portico on left; L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS around above.</p><p>Ref: Crawford 494/43b; CRI 189a; Sydenham 1094a; Kestner 3758-9 var. (CLOACIN); BMCRR Rome 4252-4; Mussidia 7a.</p><p><i>Acquired from Barry Murphy at the 2014 ANA World's Fair of Money, Chicago</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3937090, member: 56859"]D'OH! How could I forget my glorious Sol of the Sewer? Yours is absolutely marvelous, certainly the best I've seen. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cloacinasolreshoot-1000-jpg.353146/[/IMG] [B]Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome L. Mussidius Longus, 42 BCE[/B] AR denarius, 18 mm, 3.8 gm. Rome mint. Obv: Radiate and draped bust of Sol facing Rev: Shrine of Venus Cloacina: Circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting right hand on cippus, the platform inscribed CLOAC and ornamented with trellis-pattern balustrade, flight of steps and portico on left; L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS around above. Ref: Crawford 494/43b; CRI 189a; Sydenham 1094a; Kestner 3758-9 var. (CLOACIN); BMCRR Rome 4252-4; Mussidia 7a. [I]Acquired from Barry Murphy at the 2014 ANA World's Fair of Money, Chicago[/I][/QUOTE]
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