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Electronic Auction 421  30 May 2018
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Lot 559

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 425 USD
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M. Volteius M.f. 75 BC. AR Denarius (1818mm, 3.73 g, 4h). Rome mint. Laureate and bearded head of Jupiter right / Tetrastyle Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; winged thunderbolt in pediment. Crawford 385/1; Sydenham 774; Volteia 1; RBW 1414. Near EF, toned. Well struck.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.

The reverse of this coin shows the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus ("the Best and Greatest"). Located on the Capitoline Hill, it was the most important temple in Rome.
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