Synchronise iMessage between two iPhones?

It's widely documented that iMessage will synchronise between an iPhone and and iPad using the same Apple ID on both devices, but is it possible to synchronise iMessage between two iPhones using the same method? In other words, if someone sends an iMessage to one iPhone's mobile number, would it be possible to read that iMessage on another iPhone if the two iPhones are linked with the same Apple ID?

You are getting in an understandable twist over this. I guess iMessage works in a the iCloud. The way two devices connect is not by dialling a phone number in the traditional way. Apple devices do recognise eachother. As do websites which refuse to play media as Apple does not support Flash Player.
Get your head out of the phone number thing.
iMessage will only work between Apple devices for a start.
The connection with iMessage is done somehow, somewhere and it works between people with Apple products.
If you have two Apple iPhones. Make sure they are set up to access the same Email account and then select that as your Caller ID
I have friends with Apple iPhones, I don't know all their numbers and yet can communicate with iMessage. I receive and sync all communications with my WiFi only iPad and iPhone by setting their respective Caller ID's (my iPhone & iPad) to a shared Email address.
If that works for me it has to work for your two  iPhones................

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