Two New Denarii

I took home two new denarii in recent weeks one Republican and a Septimius Severus.

I have want a coin with a Pegasus for awhile and I saw the opportunity for one in the most recent Frank S Robinson sale. To be honest I think I stole this one a little bit.

Q. Titius, 90 B.C.E. AR Denarius
Obv. Head of Bacchus
Rev. Pegasus flying
Ex. Boston MFA

I am very curious about the Boston MFA provenance. The tag with the coin is from Pegasi Numismatics so I might send a quick e-mail to him to confirm it but the first thing that came to mind is the Boston Museum of Fine Arts which would be really cool.




The other coin is surprisingly my first coin of Septimius Severus. I got this in one of the recent Agora Auctions. I particularly like the detail on the reverse:

Septimius Severus, AR Denarius, Rome Mint 200/201
Obv. SEVERVS PIVS AVG laureate bus right
Rev. FVNDATOR PACIS, Septimius, togate and veiled, standing left holding olive branch
RIC 265; BMCRE 330; RSC 205




This gives me my silver fix now though. My next coin I will be returning to beautiful bronze!