Roman Republic Lucius Mussidius Longus

Lucius Mussidius Longus was one of the new quattuorviri monetales established by the Triumvirate of Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus in 42 BC. Previously, Roman Republican coinage had been produced at Rome under a board of three men, the tresviri monetales, but as part of the extraordinary measures taken to crush opposition at home and to encompass the destruction of Caesar's assassins abroad, the Triumvirs expanded the board of monetales from three to four men.

This particular aureus features a wonderfully classicizing head of Ceres on the obverse that is made doubly beautiful by its stunning state of preservation. The classical style of the head is very different from the usual style found on most Roman Republican issues and...

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