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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bootsitalia, post: 25480665, member: 112187&quot;]Hello Everybody,</p><p><br /></p><p>I just picked up this fantastic Republican denarius (minted by M. Volteius in 78 B.C.) that depicts Jupiter on the obverse and, much more importantly, the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the reverse. Here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630833[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, 78 B.C.</p><p>Marcus Volteius</p><p>Obv: Laureate Jupiter facing right</p><p>Rev: Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Legend &quot;M - VOLTEI M F&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The temple, which is depicted with 4 columns (in reality, it had 6; this was an act of artistic shorthand by the moneyer) was constructed during the late Roman Kingdom and early Republic by Tarquinius Superbus, the last Roman King (he started the project). It sat atop of the Capitoline Hill, and housed shrines to Jupiter, Minerva, and Juno. Unfortunately, the original temple was lost to a fire during the early 1st century B.C, however it was rebuilt. Historians today know about the design of the original temple based off of a few fragmentary historical texts as well as coins such as the one above!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my favorite temple coin in my collection; feel free to share any of yours (make sure to include some history as well )![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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