Crawford 341/3, Roman Republic, 90 BC., moneyer Quintus Titius, Quinarius
Roman Republic (Rome mint 90 BC.), moneyer Quintus Titius.
Quinarius (14-15 mm, 2,07 g), silver, axis coin alignment ?? (ca. 180°),
Obv.: draped and winged bust of Victory right..
Rev.: Q. TITI , below Pegasos leaping right.
Crawford 341/3. Syd. 693 ; Titia 3 .
Black patina, For this type Crawford estimated of 250 obverse dies and 278 reverse dies. Medium rarity (221 discovered specimens according https://www.lesdioscures.com/1214ti-quinaire-titia/ )
The Titia family, of plebeian origin, was nevertheless senatorial from the 7th century in Rome. We find Sex. Titius, tribune of the people in 665 (89 BC).
The coins of Q. Titius show no detailed info about the moneyer about 90 BC (with C. Vibius Pansa). So we do not know exactly who this moneyer was, unless we identify him with Q. Titius who dealt in trade, and came, according to Plutarch, to find Sulla in 86 BC after the Battle of Chaeronea.
For Quintus Titius, there is only one reverse type of the quinarius showing Pegasos. Pegasos relates to the god Mutinus Titinus.
Historyof that year: Lucius Julius Caesar and Publius Rutilius Lupus were consuls. The 'lex Julia' offered Roman citizenship to all the communities which had not revolted during the Social War (91-88 BC).