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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 8237436, member: 74282"]A few Janiform favorites:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449406[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR didrachm or Quadrigatus(6.74g), grain-ear(corn-ear) series, 214-212 BC, Sicilian mint. Laureate, Janiform head of Dioscuri. Border of dots / Jupiter in quadriga right, driven by Victory - Jupiter holds sceptre in left hand and hurls thunderbolt with right hand; below, grain-ear; in linear frame, ROMA. Line border. Crawford 42/1; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 108; Hersh 17b(this coin), dies O12/R11.</p><p><br /></p><p>Purchased from Martina Dieterle, 3 November 2021, ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 52, 7th October 2009, lot 768, RBW Collection(though not noted), ex Münzen und Medaillen fixed price list 491, August 1986, lot 31</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449407[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ As(28.81g), "VAL" series(Valerius?), 169-158 BC. Laureate head of Janus; above, I / Prow of galley right; VAL monogram above; I before; ROMA below. Crawford 191/1</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449408[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR Denarius(19mm, 3.86g). Marcus Furius Lucii filius Philus, moneyer, 119 BC, Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus;around, M·FOVRI·L·F, Border of dots. / Roma (wearing Corinthian helmet) standing left, holding sceptre in left hand and crowning trophy with right hand; above, star; behind, ROMA upwards; 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; in exergue, (PHI)LI. Crawford 281/1, Sydenham 529; RSC Furia 18; BMCRR (Italy) 555; Russo RBW 1105.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Roma Numismatics Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 822, ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114, 6 May 2019, lot 1283, ex RVP Collection, CNG e-Auction 309, 21 August 2013, lot 204.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449409[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ As(27mm, 11.12g, 4h), D. Junius Silanus, moneyer, 91 BC, Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I above/Prow of galley right; D•SILANVS•L•[F]. Below, ROMA. Crawford 337/5</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Andrew McCabe Collection, CNG E-Auction 436, 1/23/2019, ex Artemide Capodanno, 1/1/2010[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 8237436, member: 74282"]A few Janiform favorites: [ATTACH=full]1449406[/ATTACH] Roman Republic AR didrachm or Quadrigatus(6.74g), grain-ear(corn-ear) series, 214-212 BC, Sicilian mint. Laureate, Janiform head of Dioscuri. Border of dots / Jupiter in quadriga right, driven by Victory - Jupiter holds sceptre in left hand and hurls thunderbolt with right hand; below, grain-ear; in linear frame, ROMA. Line border. Crawford 42/1; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 108; Hersh 17b(this coin), dies O12/R11. Purchased from Martina Dieterle, 3 November 2021, ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 52, 7th October 2009, lot 768, RBW Collection(though not noted), ex Münzen und Medaillen fixed price list 491, August 1986, lot 31 [ATTACH=full]1449407[/ATTACH] Roman Republic Æ As(28.81g), "VAL" series(Valerius?), 169-158 BC. Laureate head of Janus; above, I / Prow of galley right; VAL monogram above; I before; ROMA below. Crawford 191/1 [ATTACH=full]1449408[/ATTACH] Roman Republic AR Denarius(19mm, 3.86g). Marcus Furius Lucii filius Philus, moneyer, 119 BC, Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus;around, M·FOVRI·L·F, Border of dots. / Roma (wearing Corinthian helmet) standing left, holding sceptre in left hand and crowning trophy with right hand; above, star; behind, ROMA upwards; 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; in exergue, (PHI)LI. Crawford 281/1, Sydenham 529; RSC Furia 18; BMCRR (Italy) 555; Russo RBW 1105. Ex Roma Numismatics Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 822, ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114, 6 May 2019, lot 1283, ex RVP Collection, CNG e-Auction 309, 21 August 2013, lot 204. [ATTACH=full]1449409[/ATTACH] Roman Republic Æ As(27mm, 11.12g, 4h), D. Junius Silanus, moneyer, 91 BC, Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I above/Prow of galley right; D•SILANVS•L•[F]. Below, ROMA. Crawford 337/5 Ex Andrew McCabe Collection, CNG E-Auction 436, 1/23/2019, ex Artemide Capodanno, 1/1/2010[/QUOTE]
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