Triton XVI, Lot: 779. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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M. Volteius M.f. 75 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate and bearded head of Jupiter right / Tetrastyle Doric Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus with closed doors; the pediment is ornamented with a thunderbolt, and surmounted by a range of ornamented crockets;
acroteria at the lower angles and apex; M • VOLTEI • M • F in exergue. Crawford 385/1; Sydenham 774; Kestner 3249-50; BMCRR Rome 3154-7; Volteia 1. Good VF, toned. Bold details on reverse.
From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 61, 25 September 2002), lot 1396.