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Domitian, as Caesar, Æ As. Lugdunum, AD 77-78. CAESAR AVG [F DOMITIA]NVS COS V, laureate head right / View of the hexastyle Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, with Victory in biga at each corner, Jupiter driving quadriga at apex of roof and three statues within; S-C across fields. RIC 1293; C. -; BMCRE -. 12.07g, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine; somewhat off-centre. Extremely Rare, and of great historical interest.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus (Aedes Iovis Optimi Maximi Capitolini - Temple of Jupiter Best and Greatest on the Capitoline) was the greatest temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline Hill. Measuring almost 60 x 60m (197 feet square), it was considered the most important religious temple of the whole state, with each deity of the Capitoline Triad having a separate cella, with Juno Regina on the left, Minerva on the right, and Jupiter Optimus Maximus in the middle. The temple was decorated with many terracotta sculptures, the most famous of these depicting Jupiter driving a quadriga, which was placed at the peak of the pediment. Destroyed during the civil war of AD 69, the temple was rebuilt by Vespasian but burned down only a few years later in the great fire of AD 80.
Very Fine; somewhat off-centre. Extremely Rare, and of great historical interest.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus (Aedes Iovis Optimi Maximi Capitolini - Temple of Jupiter Best and Greatest on the Capitoline) was the greatest temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline Hill. Measuring almost 60 x 60m (197 feet square), it was considered the most important religious temple of the whole state, with each deity of the Capitoline Triad having a separate cella, with Juno Regina on the left, Minerva on the right, and Jupiter Optimus Maximus in the middle. The temple was decorated with many terracotta sculptures, the most famous of these depicting Jupiter driving a quadriga, which was placed at the peak of the pediment. Destroyed during the civil war of AD 69, the temple was rebuilt by Vespasian but burned down only a few years later in the great fire of AD 80.