AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS FORMED BY AN ENGLISH AMATEUR SCHOLAR
Reduced as, Canusium (?) 211-207, Æ 4.72 g. Laureate head of Janus; above, mark of value set horizontally. Rev. Prow r.; above mark of value, before P and below, ROMA. Sydenham –. Crawford 99/10.
Extremely Rare. Brown-green patina and very fine
This coin has an indistinct P mintmark before the prow and it shares an obverse die with Crawford pl.XIX,14. Its obverse style is akin to Crawford pl.XIX,12,13 and its reverse style is akin to Crawford pl.XIX,13. Andrew McCabe at the International Numismatic Congress in Taormina 2015 demonstrated that Crawford 99 types with P mintmark were likely minted in Canusium – rather than Luceria as previously assumed. Most, if not all, lightweight asses in official styles appear stylistically related to the P or CA series, rather than the L series.