Dea Moneta
login

Main

home auctions shops past results Numismatic Conferences Book Store New issues

Not yet registered? Sign up now

Did you forget your username or password?

Banner Artemide LXI
Lot # 485
Petillius Capitolinus. AR Denarius, Rome mint, 43 BC. Obv. Eagle on thunderbolt right, with open wings; above, PETILLIVS; below, [CA]PITOLINVS. Rev. Hexastyle Capitoline Temple of Jupiter, elaborately decorated; on the sides, S -F. Cr. 487/2b; B. 3 (Petillia); RRSC D 271.2b. AR. 3.84 g. 19.00 mm. R. Rare and fascinating issue. Sharply struck from detailed dies, with lovely iridescences. Minor metal flaw on obverse, otherwise. EF/About EF. No temple was more sacred to the Romans than that of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline. By tradition it had stood there since the early 6th Century B.C., and in its four incarnations it remained in use for a millennium or more. It underwent numerous modifications, was damaged by lightening on more than one occasion, and was burned to the ground three times: first in 83 B.C., then in A.D. 69 and 80; and each time its reconstruction was an important undertaking. (NAC 40, 2007, 683 note). This issue depicts the façade of the temple after its first reconstruction.