Friday, 2 November 2012

Cordia Gens, AR Denarius, 46 BC, RRC 463, Sydenham 976

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Cordia Gens
AR Denarius

46 BC, during the Dictatorship of Julius Caesar

RVFVS III VIR, jugate busts of the Dioscuri, facing to the right, each wearing a diademed pileus with a ✵ (Alpha and Beta Geminorum) above.
MN CORDIVS, Venus standing to the left, holding a set of scales with her right hand and sceptre, trasnverse, with her left, with Cupid siting upon her left shoulder.

3.19 grams
18.5 x 18.5 x 1.2 mm
270 degrees

Rome, issued by Manlius Cordius Rufus, 46 BC
RRC 463, Sydenham 976

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