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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 8176108, member: 87809"]Yesterday, I bought from Marc Breitsprecher also a Titius - Bacchus denarius like yours. It's on the way, haven't received it yet. The reference for Crawford is 341/2.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gens Titia was a plebeian family in ancient Rome, though the person of the moneyer Quintus Titius is obscure; he certainly was a contemporary of Sulla, also a colleague of C. Vibius Pansa and triumvir monetalis in 90 BC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bacchus is the Latin form of Bakchos, a name of Dionysos, the god of wine, ecstasy, rapture and exhilaration in Greek mythology.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to ancient legends, the winged horse Pegasus was conceived by Poseidon and the gorgon Medussa. When Medussa was killed by Perseus, Pegasus sprang up from Medussa’s neck and had as twin brother Chrysaor. Another legend says that he was born from the spot where Medussa’s blood dropped onto the earth. </p><p>Pegasus brought lighting and thunder to Zeus, and was tamed by Bellerophon. After Bellerophon died, Pegasus returned to Mount Olympus to help the gods.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome, 90 BC</p><p>4.04 g, 16.63 mm</p><p>Crawford 341/2; Sydenham 692; Titia 2;</p><p>Ob. : Anepigraphic; Head of Bacchus right, wreathed in ivy</p><p>Rev.: Pegasus prancing right from a tablet inscribed Q•ΤΙTI</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture by Marc:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428880[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 8176108, member: 87809"]Yesterday, I bought from Marc Breitsprecher also a Titius - Bacchus denarius like yours. It's on the way, haven't received it yet. The reference for Crawford is 341/2. The gens Titia was a plebeian family in ancient Rome, though the person of the moneyer Quintus Titius is obscure; he certainly was a contemporary of Sulla, also a colleague of C. Vibius Pansa and triumvir monetalis in 90 BC. Bacchus is the Latin form of Bakchos, a name of Dionysos, the god of wine, ecstasy, rapture and exhilaration in Greek mythology. According to ancient legends, the winged horse Pegasus was conceived by Poseidon and the gorgon Medussa. When Medussa was killed by Perseus, Pegasus sprang up from Medussa’s neck and had as twin brother Chrysaor. Another legend says that he was born from the spot where Medussa’s blood dropped onto the earth. Pegasus brought lighting and thunder to Zeus, and was tamed by Bellerophon. After Bellerophon died, Pegasus returned to Mount Olympus to help the gods. Rome, 90 BC 4.04 g, 16.63 mm Crawford 341/2; Sydenham 692; Titia 2; Ob. : Anepigraphic; Head of Bacchus right, wreathed in ivy Rev.: Pegasus prancing right from a tablet inscribed Q•ΤΙTI Picture by Marc: [ATTACH=full]1428880[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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