Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus

Art Institute of Chicago

Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus

Roman

Date
225-214 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin depicts a youthful Janiform head enclosed in border of dots. On the back the god Jupiter is shown driving a four-horse chariot called a quadriga, while holding a thunderbolt and a sceptre.

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