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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientcoins.market, post: 2200075, member: 75224&quot;]It&#039;s not a Galley but a nice Janus Denarius worth to be shared with our beloved community:</p><p><b>OBV: BEADED BORDER (PARTIAL); CONJOINED LAUREATE HEADS OF <i>JANUS</i> THE TWO-FACED GOD </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>(GOD OF BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS, PORTALS, GATES, PASSAGES, TRANSITIONS AND TIME); </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SURROUNDING ABBREVIATED LEGEND &quot;M FOVRI L.F.&quot;.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>REV: TO THE RIGHT THE GODDESS <i>ROMA</i> </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>(PERSONIFICATION OF THE ROMAN STATE)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>STANDING LEFT AND WEARING CORINTHIAN HELMET AND HOLDING </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>A STAFF OR SCEPTER IN HER LEFT ARM AND CROWNING A GALLIC </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>TROPHY WITH A LAUREL WREATH IN HER RIGHT HAND; WAR TROPHY </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SURMOUNTED BY HELMET SHAPED LIKE A BOAR AND FLANKED BY </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>CARNYX (ELONGATED BRONZE TRUMPETS SHAPED LIKE THE HEADS OF ANIMALS) </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>AND SHIELDS; FAR RIGHT LEGEND &quot;ROMA&quot; AND IN EXERGUE &quot;PHILI&quot;.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i> MARCUS FURIUS L.F. PHILUS</i> (M. <i>FURIUS PHILUS</i>) </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WAS THE <i>TRIUMVIR MONETALIS (</i>MINT MAGISTRATE OR MONEYER) OF SILVER COINAGE DURING THE YEAR 120-119 B.C.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>THERE WERE ALSO MAGISTRATES TO OVERSEE THE PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND ALSO BRONZE,</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b> HENCE <i>TRIUMVIR </i>(COLLECTIVELY <i>TRIUMVIRI).</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>THESE OFFICIALS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC CONTROLLED </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE COINS AS WELL AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>DESIGNS ON THE COINS THEMSELVES. THE LEGENDS ON THE COINS </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WERE OFTEN USED AS SELF PROMOTION FOR THE OFFICIAL&#039;S </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>BURGEONING POLITICAL CAREER, OR OF THAT OF THEIR PATRON. </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>MONEYERS WERE NOT MINT WORKERS OR <i>MONETARII</i>, BUT APPOINTED </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>RATHER THAN ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE REPUBLIC.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>COIN CONTAINS 3.89 GRAMS OF SILVER</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>18 MM IN DIAMETER</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ROME MINT</b>[ATTACH=full]428483[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428484[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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