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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2561926, member: 56859&quot;]Hmm... Crawford lists 242 control mark pairs for this issue!&nbsp; (Plates XVIII-LXIX) and many of the descriptions are blank or have question marks.&nbsp; Browsing the list, one intriguing pair lists &quot;bagpipes&quot; as the reverse control mark.&nbsp; Bagpipes?!&nbsp; Oh those poor Romans!&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know they had to suffer that &quot;musical&quot; instrument <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Anyway, it looks like almost any object you can think of made its way onto these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse control mark on your coin looks like a helmet with a thingy sticking up.&nbsp; From the tables, possible obverse control marks include:</p><p><br /></p><p>30.&nbsp; Cuirass/Helmet</p><p>45.&nbsp; Helmet/Helmet</p><p>192.&nbsp; Shield/Helmet</p><p>235.&nbsp; Shield/Helmet</p><p>238.&nbsp; Helmet/Helmet</p><p><br /></p><p>Many entries on are simply ?/? or [object]/?, so for your coin there may be obverse options other than cuirass, helmet, or shield.&nbsp; And, I may be wrong about the reverse mark being a helmet.</p><p><br /></p><p>How&#039;s that for a non-answer?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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