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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2276742, member: 75525&quot;][ATTACH=full]454417[/ATTACH] </p><p>An interesting coin arrived today, the As of Q. TITI, Cr 341/4d. Does anyone have a guess on the control symbol in front of the prow on the reverse? I found several of the symbols mentioned in RRC and other places, but no horse or ass heads. I would guess a star with an extra punch mark, or one of the heads.</p><p>Q. Titius AE As, Rome, 90 BC.</p><p>Obv - Laureate head of Janus, this one looks thin.</p><p>Rev - Prow of galley right; Q TITI above, control symbol to right.</p><p>Crawford 341/4d;</p><p>Grueber Rome 2236</p><p>Sydenham 694b.</p><p>Sear 743</p><p>RBW 1279</p><p>9.26g, 26mm, 9h.</p><p>This one has a control mark in front of the prow that I can not identify. Crawford (and Grueber, Sear and others) list the following control marks:</p><p>caps of the Dioscuri</p><p>Crescent</p><p>palm branch</p><p>caduceus</p><p>Star</p><p>Ass&#039;s head</p><p>Cornucopiae</p><p>Horse&#039;s head</p><p>dolphin</p><p>I can find examples of all but the two heads and the dolphin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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