JULIUS CAESAR SILVER DENARIUS – L MUSSIDIUS LONGUS PORTRAIT ISSUE EX OPERA LOVER’S COLLECTION – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN (Inv. 20845)

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20845. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. JULIUS CAESAR, d. 44 BC.
Silver Denarius, 3.68 g, 19 mm. Posthumous issue of L. Mussidius Longus from Rome, 42 BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Caesar right. Rev. L MVSSIDIVS LONGVS, cornucopia on globe, rudder to left, winged caduceus and apex to right.
Crawford 494/39a; Sydenham 1096a; RBW 1742; CRI 116.
Ex Opera Lover’s Collection, with old green 2×2 holder in which coin was mounted.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “banker’s mark,” areas of flat strike, with an exceptionally elegant portrait of Caesar combining some of the hyper-realistic physiognomic features of the Republican veristic style with gentler and more classicizing facial features.