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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2442473, member: 74282&quot;]I recently read Philip Matyszak&#039;s &quot;Cataclysm 90 BC: The forgotten war that almost destroyed Rome&quot; 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&#039;s denarius and most recently, as). There is some debate as to what the obverse of this coin depicts, Crawford lists it as simply &quot;bearded head right&quot; but other sources traditionally list it as Mutinus Titinus(likely a pun on the moneyer&#039;s name), a &quot;phallic marriage deity&quot;. 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&#039;ll have to look the specifics up for yourselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509231[/ATTACH] </p><p>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[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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