PLATE LXI
1
Arethousa
The head of Arethousa may be distinguished from that of Persephone (see Plate IV, Fig. 4) in that it lacks the diadem of stalks and ears of grain. The dolphins indicate that the nymph dwells by the sea. From a decadrachm of Syracuse of the fourth century b.c. (enlarged two diameters). See p. 257.
2
Ianus Bifrons
This coin type delineates the Roman conception of the two-faced god of entrances. Each face is that of an old man with bushy hair and beard, and is in keeping with the idea recorded in Ovid that Ianus was the oldest of the gods. From a Roman bronze coin of the fourth century b.c. (G. F, Hill, Historical Roman Coins, Plate I, Fig. 1). See p. 297.
