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Q. Titius Bacchus and Pegasus Q. Titius surface detailCoin Type: Silver denarius of Q. Titius, Roman Republic, 90 BCE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 90 BCE.
Size and Weight: 19mm, 3.4g
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
BW Ref: 011 026 035
Note: The flakey appearance of the surface suggests that this coin has been touched up with silver paint. See the inset at top right, a small section behind Pegasus' hind leg.
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