M VOLTEIUS SILVER DENARIUS – GREEK CAPITOLINE TEMPLE ARCHITECTURAL TYPE – VF ROMAN REPULIC COIN (Inv. 20183)

$350.00

20183. ROMAN REPUBLIC. M. VOLTEIUS, 78/75 BC.
Silver Denarius, 4.05 g, 17 mm.
Obv. Head of Jupiter right. Rev. Tetrastyle facade of the Capitoline Temple, M VOLTEI M F in exergue.
Sydenham 774; Crawford 385/1; Elkins, Monuments, figure 23.
VF, a great architectural type depicting the most important temple in Rome, that of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill. Today, remnants of the temple’s podium can be seen in the Capitoline Museum in Rome.