398, Lot: 489. Estimate $150. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 22.69 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 36-37. Hexastyle temple with flanking wings; Concordia seated within, Hercules and Mercury standing on flanking podia; Jupiter, Juno, Minerva and Victories above pediment / Legend around large S • C. RIC I 67. Good Fine, brown patina.

The Temple of Concordia at the northern end of the Forum in Rome was unusual in that its width was greater than its length. We do not know precisely when the temple was originally built, but its unorthodox design was likely due to space limitations. The temple was restored after the revolt of the Gracchi in 121 BC, and again under Tiberius in AD 10.