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a silver Roman Republican denarius of Mn. Cordius Rufus showing the Dioscuri and Venus Coin Type: Silver denarius of Mn. Cordius Rufus, Roman Republic, 46 BCE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 46 BCE.
Size and Weight: 19mm x 21mm, 3.74g.
Obverse: RVFVS III (VIR) Conjoined heads of the Dioscuri right, wearing laureate pilei surmounted by stars.
Reverse: MN CORDIVS (MN in a monogram).
Venus Verticordia standing left holding scales and long transverse sceptre. Winged Cupid at her shoulder, left, behind her.
Provenance: air1881 (eBay), June 2008.
Ref: RCV (2000) 440; RSC Cordia 2a.
BW Ref: 046 038 128
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