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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2130745, member: 44132&quot;]Here is another from my buying spree back in March and one I have been after for some time now.&nbsp; I&#039;m really excited to have it in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse is, of course, Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions, and thereby of gates, doors, doorways, passages and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past. Janus presided over the beginning and ending of conflict, and hence war and peace. The doors of his temple were open in time of war, and closed to mark the peace (another coin, a Nero, I would like to someday own). As a god of transitions, he had functions pertaining to birth and to journeys and exchange.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]405654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]405655[/ATTACH] </p><p>M FURIUS Lf PHILUS ROMAN REPUBLIC</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Laureate head of Janus; M•FOVRI•L•F around </p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Roma standing left erecting trophy, gallic arms around, ROMA to right, PHLI in ex.</p><p>Struck at Rome, 119 BC</p><p>3.81g, 18.35mm</p><p>Crawford 281/1, Syd 529, BMCRR (Italy) 555, Furia 18</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a related coin or related themed coin, please feel free to post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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