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297, Lot: 318. Estimate $100.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cn. Egnatius Cn.f. Cn.n. Maxsumus. 76 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.40 g, 9h). Rome mint. Bust of Cupid right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Jupiter and Libertas standing facing within distyle temple; XIIII to left. Crawford 391/2; Sydenham 788; Egnatia 3. Near VF, toned, porous, banker’s marks on obverse.


From the Richard Weigel Collection.

This issue is the only surviving record of the Temple of Jupiter Libertas on the Aventine Hill. Possibly built by Ti. Sempronius in 238 BC, it was restored by Augustus as part of his grand renovation of Rome.