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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bcuda, post: 6655658, member: 105389&quot;]I have just purchased another Janus coin.</p><p>I think it is the same as one I already have in my collection.</p><p>Can anyone give me some insight on this please?</p><p>I am not real sure this coin is the same or not for two reasons listed below.</p><p><br /></p><p>One: The Janus bust (Large fat jaw) already in my collection looks like most of the ones I have seen attributed to Cnaeus Pompey with the I above the prow of the galley. The one I just purchase has a more traditional style Janus bust (Normal jaw).</p><p><br /></p><p>Two: The weight on the one in my collection is 14.45 grams and the one I just purchased is 20.7 grams and I can not imagine there being that much difference in weight if they were only minted 46-45 BC.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The one already in my collection with the fat jaw style.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268980[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gnaeus Pompeius</p><p>Also known as Pompey the Younger</p><p>Elder son of Pompey the Great</p><p>minted 46-45 BC&nbsp; AE As. 14.45 grams</p><p>Spanish or Sicilian mint .</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Janus with two faces: one looking right</p><p>(forward into the future), the other looking</p><p>left (backward, into the past)</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Roman galley proa CN.MAG above.</p><p>IMP below , I above prow of galley right.</p><p>RPC 486, Crawford 471/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gnaeus Pompeius (ca. 75 BC – 12 April 45 BC), also known as Pompey the Younger (sometimes spelled Cneius, Gneius), was a Roman politician and general from the late Republic (1st century BC).</p><p><br /></p><p>The one I just purchased with the normal lookin jaw and heavier weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268981[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like both of these coin planchets were cast in a mold, and then struck with a die afterwards. Also looks like they were broken off from the metal strip&nbsp; that would connect them in the mold when filled with the molten metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a picture of an ancient coin mold to give you an idea of what I am talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268987[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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