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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 8235623, member: 42773&quot;]I managed to hunt down and snag a couple of the rare Imperial issues featuring Janus (and a less scarce RR denarius). The first is an as of Hadrian. On this example, the two faces of Janus are worn down and a bit encrusted, but the coin is so scarce, I figured it would be good to snag it while I can...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448656[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a &quot;better&quot; example <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/arete_coins/224/product/hadrian__as__janus_reverse/787180/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/arete_coins/224/product/hadrian__as__janus_reverse/787180/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">on vcoins</a>, but even so, the two faces of Janus aren&#039;t well-represented. They look more like big elf ears...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448661[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next up the Geta denarius with Janus reverse. This rendition of the god&#039;s head is much better, <i>and</i> it&#039;s an exceedingly rare coin. The first I&#039;ve ever come across...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448673[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I&#039;d like to publish a list of all Roman Janus/Fons/Janiform types, so I&#039;ve been hunting down coins that I missed in my first post. Here&#039;s a denarius of C. Fonteius, 114-113 BC (which type [USER=104741]@Ignoramus Maximus[/USER] posted earlier). Janiform bust and Galley - does it get any more Roman than that? And dark gray is my favorite color of toned silver...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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