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