Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus?
335, Lot: 38. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of BOSPOROS. Eunice. AD 45/6-68/9. Æ 24 Units (21mm, 6.16 g, 12h). Struck AD 68/9. Pentastyle temple; KA ΠE across field / Monogram above KΔ (mark of value); all within wreath. MacDonald 337/1; RPC I 1931. VF, green patina.
From a European Collection of Coins of the Northern Black Sea.
The meaning of the “KA-ΠE” found on the obverse is uncertain. It has been suggested it refers to Jupiter Capitolinus, and thus depicts the holiest temple of Rome.