Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

225-214 BCE

Roman

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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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus
Place: Roman Empire (Minted in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 225 BCE–214 BCE
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Reverse: ROMA
Dimensions: Diam.: 2.3 cm (15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of William F. Dunham
Reference Number: 1922.5377
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D. B., “New Coins in the Classical Collection”, Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, 16, 4 (September 1922), pp. 50-51, fig. 3.

Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

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