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Contributor: Compagnie Générale de Bourse.
Issuer:
Gens AEMILIA. Lucius Aemilius Buca, 44 BC. AR Denarius (19 mm., 12 h., 3,76 g.).
Obverse:
Diademed head of Venus facing right; [L BVCA] downwards behind.
Reverse:
Sulla reclining; Luna on right; Victory behind with outspread wings, holding staff in raised hand.
Reference:
Crawford 480/1 (Obv/7-Rev/7); BMC 4160; S 1064; RSC 1/12; HCRI 16.
Comments:
The reverse refers to a dream Sulla had before he marched on Rome in 88 B.C.