Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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lanus bifrontal on coins
c. 92 B.C., have for obverse type a full-bearded head of lanus
(fig. 267)^ while others o{ \h& gens Fonteia, struck c. 91 B.C., show a
Fig. 267.
Fig. 269.
Fig. 268.
slightly-bearded head (fig. 268)^, probably meant for Fontus, eponym
of the clan, who was said to have been a son of lanus^ Heavy asses
1 Morell. Thes. Ntim. Fain. Rom. i. 189 f. pi. Furia, 3, Babelon Alonn. r^p. rem. i.
524 f. fig., Brit. Mus. Cat. Rom. Coins Rep. ii. 283 pi. 94, 5 and 6. Fig. 267 is from a
specimen in my collection.
- Morell. Thes. Num. Fam. Rom. i. iSof. pi. Fonteia, i, Babelon Monn. r