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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aleph, post: 3050635, member: 89969&quot;]Is it certain that this is Janus?&nbsp; I recall seeing that this may be a janiform representation of Jupiter which fits with the thunderbolt.&nbsp; This could also tie in with the contemporaneous legend CASTOR for a similar type.&nbsp; One could envision Geta and Caracalla as represented as castor and Pollux, twin sons of Jupiter.&nbsp; The janiform Jupiter could represent the divine sons of Jupiter.&nbsp; I am not sure of the details of how this could work but I think the general scheme is plausible.&nbsp; Janus was a very old god.&nbsp; The only other imperial ruler (beyond the Severan era) who used Janus as a type -that I know- was Hadrian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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