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LOT 3580
Mn. Cordius Rufus AR Denarius. 46 BC. Rome mint.
Jugate heads of Dioscuri to right; RVFVS • III • VIR downwards behind / Venus Verticordia standing to left, holding scales and sceptre, Cupid at shoulder; MN • CORDIVS downwards behind. Crawford 463/1a; CRI 63; BMCRR Rome 4037-8; RSC Cordia 2. Near Very Fine.(3.06gr, 20mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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