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A work made of silver.

Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus

225-214 BCE

Roman

Roman Empire

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.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium