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REPUBLIC, SILVER ANONYMOUS QUADRIGATUS, Rome, ca. 225-214 BC, 6.720g, 6h. Crawford 28/3. Old cabinet tone. From the earlier phase of this issue. Good extremely fine. Numismatic Fine Arts 1990 (25) lot 299; Bank Leu 1974 (10) lot 1
Andreas Alföldi has convincingly demonstrated that the bifrons head does not represent Janus, but the Penates of the Roman State. Stored in the temple of Vesta - in which was kept all the important implements for the different rituals in the course of the year -, they protected this granary and kept all harm from the Roman people.
Andreas Alföldi has convincingly demonstrated that the bifrons head does not represent Janus, but the Penates of the Roman State. Stored in the temple of Vesta - in which was kept all the important implements for the different rituals in the course of the year -, they protected this granary and kept all harm from the Roman people.