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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2638708, member: 72818&quot;]What the heck...I&#039;ll post it here instead of starting a new thread. Now it&#039;s a CNG winners thread LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>I always find it impossible not to bid on Roman coins with interesting devices that vary a bit from those I already own. I just lost out on one I loved (a galley with a rare depiction of perspective that went $120 over estimate), but this one is a nice substitute. It depicts Jupiter and the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus as it originally appeared before it was destroyed in a fire with four columns, subsequently rebuilt in 69 BC with six columns. This coin alludes to the games of Rome created by Tarquin the Elder that were celebrated in the month of September in memory of the creation of the Temple of Jupiter.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also noted that......&quot;The five denarii types of M. Volteius celebrate the great cycle of Roman festivals and games, the Ludi Romani, Plebii, Ceriales, Megalenses and Apollonares. There is a sixth festival in the cycle, the Ludes Florales, which hints at a possibly unknown coin issue of Volteius.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>M. Volteius M.f. </b>75 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.80 g, 7h). Rome mint.</p><p>Laureate and bearded head of Jupiter right / Tetrastyle temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; winged thunderbolt in pediment.</p><p>M(arcus) VOLTEI(us) M(arci) F(ilius)</p><p>Crawford 385/1; Sydenham 774; Volteia 1.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]581760[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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