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Denarius Mussidia: Lucius Mussidius Longus, L•MVSSIDIVS LONGVS
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 42 BC |
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| Currency | Denarius of 16 Asses (141 – 27 BC) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Victory facing right, her hair elaborately dressed and adorned with a beaded diadem, a large pearl necklace at the throat, and a feathered wing visible behind the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in fine Late Republican style with crisp, high relief. No legend appears on the obverse. The design is contained within a border of dots. |
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| Mint | Rome |
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Lucius Mussidius Longus served as one of the four moneyers of the quattuorviri auro argento aere flando feriundo in 42 BC — the college of mint magistrates reconstituted by the triumvirs following Caesar's assassination. That year's coinage was produced under the shadow of the Second Triumvirate, with Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus consolidating control of Rome's financial apparatus ahead of the Philippi campaign. RRC 494 is among the most typologically varied issues of the late Republic, with Mussidius alone responsible for at least nine reverse types.