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Silver denarius with head of the god Janus

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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 References

Mattingly, 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.

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