Quintus Titius TITIA
Reign
Roman Empire (0 – 90)
Description
He lived and worked around 90 BC. He was a mint official (monetalis) who minted silver denarii and quinarius. His coins: Obverse: Head of Mutinus Titinus (Etruscan fertility god) or Bacchus Reverse: Pegasus, the mythical winged horse, with the inscription "Q•TITI". Family: The gens Titia was a plebeian Roman family that rarely featured in the political elite.
Minting information
Quintus Titius Titia was a Roman minter who lived in B.C. He made silver denarii in 90. His coins bore the following inscriptions: Q TITI on the obverse, TITIA on the reverse. The depictions of the coins showed the gods and symbols of the Roman religion, such as the god Mars, the goddess Victoria, the Capitoline wolf, the twins Romulus and Remus, the lituus and the tripod. The purpose of coinage was probably to express political and religious allegiance in the period before the Roman Civil War.