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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3072757, member: 75525&quot;]A Small Janus Head and Prow Right Bronze Coin</p><p>Roman Republican As</p><p>Cr 97, 99, 100… Something Else?</p><p>This coin is not easy for me to attribute. My best guess is the coin is a Cr 100/1b, or something close. The coin is low weight (3.37 grams), has a distinctive Janus head, a different (close to 90 degree) angle for the right facing prow and visible sprews on opposite sides. The coin has a well worn reverse, but it looks like ROMA was spelled backwards and the A is on the left side. </p><p>Post your tiny bronze Janus head coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]772316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]772317[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic - 206-195 BC. </p><p>Anonymous As of reduced weight.</p><p>Mint - Canosa ?</p><p>Obv - Head of Janus</p><p>Rev – Prow of Roman war ship right, letter below left end of prow could be R or A, I think it looks like A.</p><p>Weight 3.37 gr.</p><p>Size: 17.2 mm, sprew to sprew; 18.5 mm dia. &amp; 2.0 mm thick</p><p>Condition:</p><p>·&nbsp; Obv – VF</p><p>·&nbsp; Rev – aG</p><p>·&nbsp; Brown patina (I am slightly color blind so might not see the green Massamo mentions.)</p><p>·&nbsp; Strike - weak strike due to thin flan </p><p>·&nbsp; Flan flaws - casting sprews visable, thin flan due to low weight </p><p>·&nbsp; Style - good style on obv, but mint mark, if any, is missing </p><p>·&nbsp; Damage - reverse design mostly missing due to corrosion or cleaning </p><p>·&nbsp; Centering – good, but small size / low weight may have forced some features off flan</p><p><br /></p><p>Cr 100/1b (if Canusa is correct), R</p><p>BMCRR Italy 265 (31 grams)</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see more about the coin here:</p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-small-janus-head-and-prow-right.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-small-janus-head-and-prow-right.html" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-small-janus-head-and-prow-right.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]772318[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Prows from an old book I found on line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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