Volusian AE As (Temple of Juno, RIC IV.3 253b)

VOLUSIAN, AD 251-253
AE As (23.85mm, 8.00g, 12h)
Struck AD 252. Rome mint
Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Volusian right
Reverse: IVNONI MARTIALI, Juno seated facing within circular distyle shrine with domed and garlanded roof; S C across fields
References: RIC IV.3 253b (R, same dies); RCV 9807; ERIC II 199

A rare and interesting architectural reverse type depicting the temple or shrine to “Juno the War-like.” According to David R. Sear: “The precise location of this shrine has been disputed by scholars, though most would like to place it in the Campus Martius where there were three temples dedicated to Juno. Hill, however, in “The Monuments of Ancient Rome as Coin Types”, pp. 17-18, prefers to place it in the Campus Martialis, a small area at the foot of the Caelian Hill situated close to the Porta Caelimontana on the Servian Wall.” (Roman Coins and their Values, Vol. III, p. 241)

Collezione : Roman Imperial - the Military Anarchy