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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