Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Q. Titius As 90 BC


I picked up an interesting coin recently - Q. Titius Æ As, Cr. 341/4d, 90 BC
Q. Titius AE As, Rome, 90 BC.
Obv - Laureate head of Janus
Rev - Prow of galley right; Q TITI above, control symbol to right.
Crawford 341/4d;
Grueber Rome 2236
Sydenham 694b.
Sear 743
RBW 1279
9.26g, 26mm, 9h.


This one has a control mark in front of the prow that I could not identify, but was advised it is a helmet. That looks correct to me, but it is not on the list. Crawford (and Grueber, Sear and others) list the following control marks:
caps of the Dioscuri
Crescent
Caduceus
palm branch
Star
Ass's head
Cornucopiae
Horse's head
dolphin
A summary of examples I found on the internet:


Loc
Num
Where found
Star
3
15
1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 14
Palm branch
3
3

Crescent
1, 3
4
6, 10, 11, 3
Caps of Dioscuri
1
1
1
Helmet
3
1
15
Cornucopiae
3
1
3
Caduceus
2


Ass’s head
3


Horses’s head
3


Dolphin
4


?

1

Total found

29


Location of mark
  1. Above
  2. Behind
  3. Before
  4. Below

Examples found in:
  1. CNG
  2. NAC
  3. British Museum
  4. Kunker
  5. Artemide Aste
  6. Heritage
  7. HD Rauch
  8. Naville
  9. Monaise d’ Antan
  10. Tkalec
  11. Triskles
  12. Old Roman Coins
  13. Ancient Roman Coins
  14. GHN
  15. Roma Num
  16. London Ancient Coins


Total found – 29

NAC73 L99 - Star

CNG88 L1150 - Palm Branch

Tkalec Feb 2008 L382 - Crescent above

Trisk Oct 2013 L86 - Crescent before

CNG79 L888 - Caps of Dioscuri

BM341.4.6 - Cornucopia

Roma E21 L  - helmet








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