Roman Republic, M. Furius Philus, AR Denarius, Janus (Two Faced God)

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Roman Republic
• Authority: M. Furius Philus (issuer)
• Date: 119 BCE
• Denomination: AR (silver) denarius
• Mint: City of Rome
• Size: 20mm, 3.72g
• Type Number: RRC 281/1
• Obverse: M·FOVRI·L·F - Laureate head of Janus. Border of dots.
• Reverse: ROMA P͡H͡ILI - Roma (wearing Corinthian helmet) standing left, holding sceptre in left hand and crowing trophy with right hand; above, star; the trophy is surmounted by a helmet in the form of a boar's head and flanked by a carnyx and shield on each side. Border of dots.
• Notes: Janus is a two faced Roman god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. Roma was a female deity who personified the city of Rome and, more broadly, the Roman state.

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