TYPE Roman Republic, L. Mussidius Longus (moneyer), silver denarius, 42 BC DESCRIPTION . Obv: Veiled head of Concordia to right, legend CONCORDIA Rev: Platform with balustrade, two figures of Venus Cloacina on it; legend CLOACIN at bottom, [L MVSSIDIVS] LONGVS above REFERENCE: Syd 1093 GRADING: F, gray toning, off-center ORDER INFO: R2489, $65 The shrine of Venus Cloacina appears to this day as a semicircular platform in front of the Basilica Aemilia in the Roman Forum - depicted here in one of the last strictly Roman Republican denarii. Separately, the same moneyer struck the famous posthumous portrait denarii of Julius Caesar (see our lot R2933).