Another recent aquisition is this one. A lot of wear on this one, but these don't come up that often. Q. TITIUS 90 B.C. Moneyer Obv: Head of young Bacchus right, wearing ivy wreath and forehead band, no jewels in hair. Rev: Q TITI on a tablet, from which Pegasus springs right, Silver Denarius 17mm. 3.18gm. Ref: Crawford 341/2; Syd 692
Another interesting coin! I was tempted to buy a few Republican coins at Triskeles Auctions Sale 16 today, but I passed. Might as well save up for the Baldwins auction tomorrow.
Worn but a decent example. While yours is Titia 2, here is Titia 1. Q TITIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS TITIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Head of Mutinus Titinus (Priapus) right, wearing winged diadem REVERSE: Pegasus springing right, Q TITI on base Struck at Rome 90 BC 3.8g, 18mm Cr341/1, Syd 691; Titia 1
Nice pickup. Bacchus is one of the more interesting Roman gods and I highly recommend doing some reading on him and his cult if you have time. I'm tempting fate with the shipping gods but here's my example of one of this moneyer's other types that I won at auction this week. I plan to post it and one other Social War-era coin next week once I get them both in(no not a cool Marsic Confederation one though):
@> Bing, (Interesting!) Are you able to 'educate' me on the difference between Titia 1 and Titia 2 please?
This moneyer struck two different types in 90 BC, the ones like Bing and I have which Babelon & RSC catalogue as Titia 1, and the Bacchus type like you have, Titia 2. Crawford, in Roman Republic Coinage, similarly catalogues them as 341/1 and 341/2. Same moneyer but since the types are different the actual catalog numbers are different.
Another aside: the Titia part simply comes from the fact that Babelon and RSC are organized by moneyers' family names(so the references are of the form "Titia X", "Fonteia Y" whereas Crawford's catalog is organized chronologically so I.e. the coins struck in 90 BC are Crawford 340-342
I have a similar coin. It was found in Ukraine. I'm interested how much does your coin cost. Ukrainian colleagues estimated my coin in 400 hryvnias. (it's about 16 US dollars)
You need to sign your Pegasus for 20 or 30 lessons with Richard Simmons. Pooped thing looks so plump it may need to shed a few dozen pounds before it can fly. Oh, I need me a Q. Titi Denarius to complete my set for 90 BCE. Anyone have one they can spare.
