Lot 3578

Description

Ti. Veturius, silver denarius, c.137 B.C., 3.91 grams, Rome Mint, Crawford 234/1, Sydenham 527, BMC 550, B. Veturia 1, Sear 200, Obv. Draped bust of Mars r. X and TI.VET behind, Rev. Youth kneeling l. between two warriors who touch their swords on a pig which the youth holds, ROMA above. Very fine, rare (1517).

Ex C. Pitchfork Collection and previously from Christies London, May 9, 1978 (lot 14 part).

This gens was one of the most ancient of Rome, it was patrician and plebian, and is said to have been of Sabine origin. The Reverse type represents the mode of taking an oath amongst the inhabitants of the Italian States, and may refer to an ancestor who took an active part in the close of the third Samnite war in 290 B.C. The moneyer is probably the son of T. Veturius Gracchi f. Sempronianus, Augur from 174 B.C.