421, Lot: 560. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Volteius M.f. 75 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.68 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate and bearded head of Jupiter right / Tetrastyle Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; winged thunderbolt in pediment. Crawford 385/1; Sydenham 774; Volteia 1; RBW 1414. VF, toned, struck off center.

The reverse of this coin shows the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (“the Best and Greatest”). Located on the Capitoline Hill, it was the most important temple in Rome.