Good day ladies and gentlemen. I promised myself I will stop new addi(c)tions as usually I buy around 10 coins each month. So I bought 15 from a recent auction :| Now speaking seriously, I am content with the coins I got. All new types for me, conditions are decent and prices were, for most of them, below my most optimistic expectations. Here is one of them I like, my 2nd RR denarius (officialy the 3rd as I also have a L. Procilius, but in a very poor condition): Q. Titius, Rome, 90 BC. AR Denarius. Head of young Bacchus right (Liber?!) , wearing ivy wreath. Rev: Pegasus springing right Q·TITI Crawford 341/2; RBW 1275; RSC Titia 2. 3.51 gr. 19 mm We know that Pegasus image was heavily used in Greek coinage, such as Corinth https://www.cointalk.com/threads/corinth-hemidrachm-proper-attribution.380311/ Finding it on a RR is not unusual but nevertheless interesting. Even if the coin is rough (could it be a fourree, even if it doesn't look like one for me? or even worse, a modern fake? I am not familiar with RR in general) I like the details and especially the reverse. Please post your Q. Titius coins; coins with Pegasus - either RR, Greek, from Carthagina or anywhere else; coins that you managed to win below your optimistic expectations; coins with mythological characters ... or anything else you feel relevant.
Q TITIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS TITIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Head of Mutinus Titinus (Priapus) right, wearing winged diadem REVERSE: The Pegasus springing right, Q TITI on base Struck at Rome 90 BC 3.8g, 18mm Cr341/1, Syd 691; Titia 1
Corinth continued to use Pegasus as a motif, even into the Roman imperial period. Caligula, AD 37-41. Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g. Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duoviri, AD 37-38. Obv: C CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head right. Rev: M BELLIO PROCVLO IIVIR / COR, Pegasus flying right. Refs: RPC I 1173; Amandry (1988) XVII; BCD Corinth 405-6.
Nice find, @ambr0zie - in my humble opinion, it doesn't look fourree to me, just a bit porous. Just a guess, though. Here's mine - I am very fond of it, but unfortunately the reverse legend-tablet thing is off-flan. Bacchus-Liber looks as if he's been hitting the ol' wineskins a bit too much, but I guess that's his job: Roman Republic Denarius Q. Titius (90 B.C.) - Rome Mint Head of young Bacchus or Liber right, wreathed with ivy / Pegasus rearing right [on tablet inscribed Q. TITI]. Crawford 341/2; Titia 2; Syd. 692. (3.81 grams / 17 mm)
Cool coins, @ambr0zie ! PEGASUS Roman Republic AE Double Litra 235 BCE 19.5mm 6.54g Rome mint Hercules r club - Pegasus r club ROMA Cr 27-3 HN Italy 316 S 591 PEGASOS PONTOS Amisos 85-65 BCE Æ24 12.2g Mithradates VI as Perseus r Phrygian helmet Pegasos grazing l Malloy 33b HGC 7 239
Nice coins all. @Marsyas Mike, your coin, with the tablet off the flan, could easily be mistaken for a Greek coin. That would have been my guess a few months ago without knowing this RR coin.
CARTHAGE PEGASOS Carthage Siculo 330-300 BCE AE 15 Palm Tree Pegasos SNG Cop 108 PEGASUS QUINARIUS Roman Republic Q Titius AR Quinarius 90 BCE PEGASUS Sear 240
I'm probably jinxing myself, but this is kind of a weird coincidence - I just won a Pegasus on eBay today; a dupondius of Hadrian. Seller's photos, of course - kind of blotchy but I'm guessing it will look better in hand?
I have nothing new to add but repeats of a denarius and a quinarius. Does anyone have the as of this moneyer? The faces tend to look more like Mutinus Titinus than like Janus.
Yes - there are a few varieties, of which I have two: Moneyer: Q. Titius Obv.: Laureate head of Janus Rev.: Q. TITI - Prow of galley right Mint: Rome (90 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 9.83g / 27mm / 6h References: Crawford 341/4a Sydenham 694 Provenances: Ex. LAC 38, lot 183 Ex. LAC 50, lot 246 Acquisition: London Ancient Coins Online Auction LAC Auction 54 #161 7-Sep-2016 Moneyer: Q. Titius Obv.: Laureate head of Janus Rev.: Q. TITI - Prow of galley right; behind, control symbol (palm-branch) Mint: Rome (90 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 8.70g / 25mm / 0h References: Sydenham 694b Crawford 341/4d BMCRR Rome 2236 Acquisition: Numismatica Tintinna Online auction Asta 75 #174 29-Sep-2018 As a bonus, here's the semis, which is interesting also. Moneyer: Q. Titius Obv.: S - Laureate head ot Apollo right Rev.: Minerva in quadriga right, holding spear in left hand and rein in right hand Exergue: Q. TITI Mint: Rome (90 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 4.83g / - / 9h References: Sydenham 695 Crawford 341/5 Provenances: Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection Ex Bombarda Collection 2010 Ex Roberto Russo Acquisition: Private purchase 6-Jun-2015 Notes: Jun 15, 15 - The types of the bronze fractions are copied from the silver coinage of C. Vibius C.f. Pansa, Q. Titius' colleague as moneyer. ATB, Aidan.
PIGASOS Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BCE AR Drachm Pentobol 3.5g 13mm Forepart winged boar r Gorgoneion incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 R
One of my favorite RR denarii shows Pegasus being ridden by the hero Bellerophon. I've always been intrigued by this type, and have wondered if it's a coincidence that on the obverse is Medusa, the mother of Pegasus. ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius. 3.95g, 18mm. Rome mint, 72 BC. Crawford 395/1; Sydenham 790; Cossutia 1. O: Head of Medusa left, winged and entwined with serpents; SABVLA upwards behind. R: Bellerophon riding Pegasus right, hurling spear; control mark X behind, L COSSVTI C F below. Ex Eucharius Collection
Nice Pegasi shown! I only have one mythological creature....But it's still my favourite Bronze Greek.. Ionia, Phokaia, c. 350-300 BC. Æ (15mm, 4.36g, 11h). Phokleon, magistrate. Obverse..Head of Hermes facing left wearing a Petasos hat tied at the back. Reverse..Forepart of a griffin springing left. ΦΩKAEΩN (PHOKAEON), name of the magistrate below. SNG Copenhagen 1039ff (magistrate); BMC 101.
I have three Pegasi: Corinth (one of my favorite coins): Corinth AR Stater. Circa 375-345 BC. Obv: Pegasos flying left, Q below / Rev: Helmeted head of Athena left. Control-symbols behind head: Retrograde N and Ares standing left holding shield and spear. Pegasi 376 var. [“N” not retrograde] [Calciati, R., Pegasi Vol. I (Mortara, 1990)]; Ravel 1056 [Ravel, O.E., Les "Poulains" de Corinthe, I - II (Basel, 1936; London, 1948)]; BCD Corinth 121 [Numismatik Lanz, Münzen von Korinth: Sammlung B, Auction 105 (Munich, 26 Nov. 2001)]; SNG Copenhagen 121 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 15, Corinth (Copenhagen 1944)]. 21mm, 8.46 g., 6h. Ex. Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction IX, 22 March 2015, Lot 168. Roman Republic: Roman Republic, Q. Titius, AR Denarius, Rome 90 BCE. Obv. Head of Mutinus Titius[?] [ = Priapus] right with beard & winged diadem / Rev. Pegasus springing right, “Q TITI” on tablet below. RSC I Titia 1, Crawford 341/1, Sear RCV I 238, BMCRR Rome 2220. 18.5 mm., 3.8 g. Roman Empire: Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (1st Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG /Rev. Pegasus springing right, about to take flight. SOLI CONS AVG; A offset to right in exergue. RIC V-1 283 (p. 155), RSC IV 979, Sear RCV III 10362, Wolkow 26a1[Cédric Wolkow, Catalogue des monnaies romaines - Gallien - L'émission dite "Du Bestiaire" - atelier de Rome (BNumis, édition 2019)], Göbl MIR [Moneta Imperii Romani] Band 36, No. 712b. 21 mm., 3.12 g, 11 h.