Silver denarius with head of the god Janus
Silver denarius with head of the god Janus
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Dateabout 92 BCE
DimensionsDiam.: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
MediumCoin; die-stamped silver.
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer
Object number
1934.39
Not on View
DescriptionObverse: Janus head, laureate.
Reverse: HLI (=PHILI) in the exerque. Roma draped and wearing helmet, standing facing left; she holds a sceptre in her left hand and places a wreath on a trophy with her right hand, at the base and sides of which are two oblong Gaulish shields and two trumpets; above the head of Roma: a star.
Published ReferencesMattingly, Harold, Roman Coins, London, 1967, pl. 18, p. 6.
Mattingly, Harold, Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, London, 1965, vol. II, p. 283.
102-100 BCE
about 94 BCE
about 101 BCE
about 125 BCE
68-54 BCE
about 99-94 BCE
92 BCE
about 83 BCE
about 112 CE
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