Silver denarius with head of the god Janus
Silver denarius with head of the god Janus
Place of OriginRoman Empire
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.
about 101 BCE
102-100 BCE
about 94 BCE
about 125 BCE
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68-54 BCE
about 83 BCE
about 112 CE
92 BCE
145-161 CE
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