171, Lot: 192. Estimate $150. Sold for $301. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Volteius M.f. 75 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.57 g). Laureate head of Jupiter right / Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; thunderbolt in pediment. Crawford 385/1; Sydenham 774; Volteia 1. Good VF, toned.

From the Karl Sifferman Collection.

The five denarii types of M. Volteius celebrate the great cycle of Roman festivals and games, the Ludi Romani, Plebii, Ceriales, Megalenses and Apollonares. There is a sixth festival in the cycle, the Ludes Florales, which hints at a possibly unknown coin issue of Volteius.