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a Roman Republican silver denarius of Q. Titius with Bacchus and Pegasus Surface detail of a Roman Republican silver denarius of Q. Titius with Bacchus and PegasusCoin Type: Silver denarius of Q. Titius, Roman Republic, 90 BCE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 90 BCE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 3.32g
Obverse: Head of young Bacchus or Liber right, wreathed with ivy.
Reverse: Pegasus rearing from a tablet.
Q TITI in tablet below.
Provenance: dlfa (eBay); April 2003
Ref: RCV (2000) 239; RSC Titia 2.
BW Ref: 011 026 035
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Note: The flakey appearance of the surface suggests that this coin might have been touched up with silver paint. See the inset at top right, a small section behind Pegasus' hind leg.

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