171, Lot: 188. Estimate $150. Sold for $181. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cn. Egnatius Cn.f. Cn.n. Maxsumus. 76 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.97 g). Bust of Cupid right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Jupiter and Libertas standing facing within distyle temple, thunderbolt and pileus in pediment. Crawford 391/2; Sydenham 788; Egnatia 3. VF, toned. Scarce.

From the Karl Sifferman Collection.

This coin is the only surviving record of the Temple of Jupiter Libertas on the Aventine Hill. Possibly built by Ti. Sempronius in 238 BC, it was restored by Augustus as part of his grand renovation of Rome.