Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus (225-214 BCE): Artwork and History
Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus (225-214 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Roman.
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
The front of this coin depicts a youthful Janiform head enclosed in border of dots. On the back the god Jupiter is shown driving a four-horse chariot called a quadriga, while holding a thunderbolt and a sceptre.
Object facts
- Title: Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus
- Date: 225-214 BCE
- Artist attribution: Roman
- Place of origin: Roman Empire
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2.3 cm (15/16 in.)
- Type: Coin
- Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Reference number: 1922.5377
Collection credit
Gift of William F. Dunham
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