Another of the types minted during the Social War: Quintus Titius, AR denarius, 90 B.C.

I recently read Philip Matyszak's "Cataclysm 90 BC: The forgotten war that almost destroyed Rome" about the Social War between Rome and her Italian allies and decided to add another of the types struck during the war(already having the extremely common L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi's denarius and most recently, as). There is some debate as to what the obverse of this coin depicts, Crawford lists it as simply "bearded head right" but other sources traditionally list it as Mutinus Titinus(likely a pun on the moneyer's name), a "phallic marriage deity". There were certain rites associated with this god that were supposedly performed by Roman brides but. in the spirit of keeping this forum family-friendly, you'll have to look the specifics up for yourselves.


Roman Republic, AR Denarius(18mm, 3.83g, 8h). Quintus Titius, moneyer, 90 BC, Rome mint. Bearded head right(Mutinus Titinus?), wearing winged diadem. Line border / Pegasus right; below, in linear frame, Q·TITI. Line border. Crawford 341/1; Sydenham 691; RSC Titia 1; BMCRR Rome 2220

 

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I love the type and your coin has loads of eye appeal!

 

Wonder coin, RS. I like the portrait most.

 

I love this distinctive type, you have yourself a marvelous example.

 

Very nice. I love this type.

 

Like everyone else, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT TYPE!!!

And, it's one I am still missing

 

Some denarii around the Cataclysm Times... (LOVE that book...and no conclusion as to WHY)... Rome LOST that War, but gained a World Empire...


Sear 239 90 BCE AR Denarius


Sear 251 89 BCE AR Denarius


Sear 249 89 BCE AR Denarius


Sear 240 90 BCE AR Quinarius

It was as if Rome was spilling blood and spilling silver EVERYWHERE to pay off people and pay for the Social War!

 

Excellent coins. I especially like the first Titurius Sabinus one, one of the types high up on my want-list.

 

Nice coin, Spork et al. I'm not sure what the bust is and I'm not around my library at the moment. Sort of a mix of Jupiter, Mercury and Pan maybe. A hybrid deity.

Here's my addition to the thread.

 

yeah, that bearded dude is awesome...and the pudgy pegasus is pretty cool as well...nice RS.

 

You need to put your Pegasus on a diet. He must have enough cholesterol to kill a blue whale. Lovely coin @red_spork . What an awesome acquisition.

 

That's a really nice example, spork. This type is always eye-catching. Is there an antecedent for this style of slightly porky Pegasi? I notice that Volodya's is more svelte than is typical.

 

Mine is a bit off centre

 

I love the toning / colo(u)ration of your coin Pish. I have a couple denarii with this tone, and they always stand out in my albums. Nice.

 

A really lovely example. Congrats!

 

Cool coins a real wanna have type

 

LOL... Looks like you may have to get off the Hadrian Train to go get those RR Denarii

 

Don't give him any ideas!

 

Mine is the ordinary Bacchus version but has the same horse. I was taught in college that many times when something is presented unclearly as to origin it meant that it was hard to clean up for high school use. I believe that Augustus shared many of the same desires to clean up the old ways which explains why the temple of Mu-Ti was torn down under his watch. There is similar lack of certainty regarding the origin of the name Titus and that meaning was changing by the time he came along.