Crawford 341/2, Roman Republic, 90 BC., moneyer Quintus Titius, Denarius

Roman Republic, Rome mint 90 BC., moneyer Quintus Titius.
Denarius (17-19 mm, 3,77 g), silver, axis about coin alignment ?? (ca. 160°),
Obv.: head of young Bacchus (Liber) right, wearing wreath of ivy, ancient graffiti ? behind, banker´s marks on hair,
Rev.: Pegasus springing right; [Q.] TI[TI] on tablet below, banker´s mark C behind.
Crawford 341/2 ; BMCRR Rome 2225 ; Sydenham 692 ; Bab. Titia 2.

Quintus Titius issued two types of the denarius: one with the head of Mutinus Titinus and this one with the head of Bacchus or Liber. On the reverse always Pegasus is figured. In addition to the denarii for this issue, we also find silver quinari and a series of bronzes including the as, the semis, the triens, and the quadrans.

Quintus Titius was on of the triumvir monetalis in 90 BC. The gens Titia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The gens is rarely mentioned in the Republican period, and did not rise out of obscurity till a very late time. None of its members obtained the consulship under the Republic, and the first person of the name who held this office was Marcus Titius in BC 31 at the early Roman Empire.