Description: Bare head of right / Curia Iulia inscribed IMPCEASAR; a four column portico in front; door, three windows above; statue of Victory in the centre of the roof, two figures on the roof corners facing inward holding sceptres and branches?, reliefs in the pediment;

Notes: The obverse is closer to a VF while the reverse is aXF with respect to detail. The obverse is off centre on a large flan but completely intact. Beautiful style and nicely toned. According to Ostrowski the building is the 'Curia Iulia'. It was built to replace the Curia Hostilia, the meeting place of the Senate, torn down to make space for the Forum Iulium. The Curia Iulia lay on the south-west side of the Forum Iulium and was not finished until 29BC. See page 165 of "Starozytny Rzym Polityka i Sztuka"(Polish) for write-up and photo of the actual structure. The reverse is frequently described as a temple but this is clearly not correct - the Curia Iulia still stands and it is obvious that the building on the coin is one and the same; RIC also acknowledges the fact that this is probably the Curia Iulia - the Victory on the apex previously owned by the Tarentines (cf. Dio Cassius 51, 22, 1) - the same Victory appears on Aurei RIC 268;

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