i like all of'em, but for you the 1st is no brainer..altho the 2nd is right up there for us commoner collectors..
No I don't reject your views it's all in the eyes of the beholder you are correct it is the obverse which lowers the value of the Volteius.
..that's really a good deal on the Volteius AA..i just saw one in about the same shape for sale for $200...
Truly fantastic acquisitions Peter. I really like the architectural theme to your collection. Really evokes a memory of the spaces these ancient peoples would have recognized. I cannot add any coins of my own to the thread but I have been to all three places (kind of) Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus The temple of Jupiter O.M.C. during the archaic period How the temple would have set within the modern museum A model showing what remains of the original temple Remains of the foundation of the temple under the Capitoline Museum Trajan's Column Trajan's Column needs no introduction here Kind of a campgate... Diocletian's Palace (Golden Gate) It's a gate that is close enough to contemporary with the coin to count... right?
Thanks Curtisimo, those great pics give a thread more realism and help people picture the coin that goes with the building as this one below from the book Price & Trell Coins and their cities, gives you an insight why I am more interested in the Volteius version of the Temple of Jupiter than the later type in the imperiatorial age thirty years later the doors and detail weren't rendered any where near as good. Look at the temple in the background of this Marcus Aurelius relief then look at the coin to the left, look familiar?