Benefactor robinjojo Posted January 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 1, 2023 Here are a couple of coins depicting the two-faced god. Roman Republic, Anonymous Didrachm, c. 225-214 BC. From Roma E-Sale 100, lot 920. Crawford 28-3 6.43 grams Eastern Celts, AR tetradrachm, Serbia, 4th century BCE, Janus head type. 12.73 grams Post your Janiform head coins, if you please! 23 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted January 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) I never had any until this year, and now I have two. They're also Roman Republic and Celtic. Although they're not beautiful like yours 🤣Roman Republic A. Caecilius As, 169-158BCRome. Bronze, 31-33mm, 28g. Laureate 2-faced Janus, I (value) above. Prow of galley right, I before, A CÆ above, (ROMA below) (Syd 355; Cr174/1). Found on farmland in East Anglia in 1948.Cunobeline Unit, Celtic Trinovantes Tribe, 9-40Camulodunon (Roman Camulodunum, modern Colchester). Bronze, 14mm, 2.19g. Janiform head; CVNO below. Sow seated right beneath a tree; CAMV on panel below (ABC 2981; S 346; V 2105 ‘Trinovantian W’). Edited January 1, 2023 by John Conduitt 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted January 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 I don't have any coins featuring Janus himself, but I do have one of his temple. Does that count? 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted January 1, 2023 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted January 1, 2023 A very nice coin! I forgot to include the temple in my OP! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted January 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 2, 2023 My favorite coin with a Janiform head (Zeus & Hera) is a fantasy tetradrachm struck in gold by Slavey Petrov, the notorious forger ☺️. I bought this coin at a CNG auction about 14 years ago. These coins were also struck in silver. TROAS, Tenedos. Circa 1995-2005. AV 19.89 gm, 35 mm, 12 h. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 2, 2023 · Patron Share Posted January 2, 2023 I have but a single Janus coin. I hope you all aren't tired of looking at it. Anonymous, Second Punic War, 218-202 BC. Roman Republican Æ as, 27.8 g, 31.1 mm, 1 h. Uncertain mint south of Rome (Campania?). Obv: Laureate head of bearded Janus, I above. Rev: Prow of galley, right; I above, ROMA below. Refs: Group D1, McCabe, Andrew. "The Anonymous Struck Bronze Coinage of the Roman Republic" in Essays in honour of Roberto Russo / ed. by Peter G. van Alfen and Richard B. Witschonke. - Zürich ; London : Numismatica Ars Classica NAC, 2013, pp. 141-144. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted January 2, 2023 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted January 2, 2023 That's a beautiful example! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted January 2, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 2, 2023 Happy New Year, @robinjojo! Those are both beautiful coins. M. Furius, Janus: Nero, Temple of Janus: Napoleon escapes from Elba; doors of Temple of Janus knocked down. Bonus: Janiform heads of Dioscuri 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2023 Interesting coins ! Here are Greek janiform heads ! Lampsakos, Mysia AR Tetrobol 4th-3rd centuries BC. Obv.: Janiform female heads Rev.: Helmeted head of Athena right Ag, 2.49g, 12.4mm Ref.: SNG France 1175–6 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2023 Happy New Year to all of you! Roman Republic, As (uncial standard), 169–158 BC, moneyer: C. Cluvius Saxula, Rome mint. Obv: head of Janus, I above. Rev: prow right, C·SAX (ligated) above, ROMA below. 35 mm, 25.98 g. Ref: RRC 173/1. Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Furius L. f. Philus, AR denarius, 119 BC, Rome mint. Obv: M. FOVRI. L. F; head of Janus. Rev: ROMA; Roma standing l., holding sceptre, crowns trophy with carnyx and two shields; in exergue, PHL I. 19mm, 3.81g. Ref: RRC 281/1. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 3, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 3, 2023 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted January 3, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 3, 2023 Happy New Year! ^Anonymous (after 211 BCE). Crawford 56/2, McCabe group G1. 37.40g, 35.5mm. ^AR didrachm ("quadrigatus"), Crawford 28/3. 5.68g. 2nd phase of main sequence as discussed by Crawford on pp. 103-105; see plate IV #1-5. Rome mint. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 3, 2023 · Patron Share Posted January 3, 2023 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted January 3, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 3, 2023 14 hours ago, Roman Collector said: Hehe - me too - I've thrown in a lot of bids, but nothing has hammered yet, so I'm ahead 😄 ATB, AIdan. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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