Most Important Temple in Rome

333, Lot: 268. Estimate $150. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Petillius Capitolinus. 41 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.58 g, 3h). Rome mint. Eagle with wings spread standing right on thunderbolt / Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus: richly decorated hexastyle temple with three garlands hanging between columns; acroteria along roof line; in the tympanum is a seated figure of Jupiter between two other figures; S–F across field. Crawford 487/2b; CRI 174a; Sydenham 1151; Petillia 3. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity, reverse off center.