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Ancient Roman Republic 137BC Ti Veturius Silver Denarius Almost Uncirculated (AU-50)
Ancient Roman Republic 137BC Ti Veturius Silver Denarius Almost Uncirculated (AU-50)
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Ancient Roman Republic 137BC Head of Mars Tiberius Veturius Silver Denarius Almost Uncirculated (AU-50)
Tiberius Veturius served as a moneyer in 137BC, an office usually held by young aristocrats early in their political careers. He belonged to the gens Veturia, a patrician family with roots going back to the early days of the Roman Republic. This coin was a form of political advertising, highlighting ancestral deeds to boost the family's prestige. It is possible that the scene on the reverse of the coin refers to T. Veturius Calvinus, one of the two Roman consuls during the Battle of the Caudine Forks in 321 BC, where, in that humiliating defeat, Roman forces were trapped and forced into an unfavourable treaty with the Samnites. Outside of the coinage that he issued, there is no surviving mention of Tiberius Veturius holding higher magistracies like consul or praetor.
Obverse: A helmeted and draped bust of Mars, the Roman God of War, facing right, with the denomination and monogram TI-VET behind.
Reverse: An oath-taking ceremony, where a youth kneels facing left, holding a pig, while two soldiers stand on either side, each touching the pig with their swords, and the inscription ROMA above.
Specifications:
Composition: Silver
Weight: Approx. 4 g
Diameter: Approx. 19-20 mm
Mint: Rome, Italy
Tiberius Veturius served as a moneyer in 137BC, an office usually held by young aristocrats early in their political careers. He belonged to the gens Veturia, a patrician family with roots going back to the early days of the Roman Republic. This coin was a form of political advertising, highlighting ancestral deeds to boost the family's prestige. It is possible that the scene on the reverse of the coin refers to T. Veturius Calvinus, one of the two Roman consuls during the Battle of the Caudine Forks in 321 BC, where, in that humiliating defeat, Roman forces were trapped and forced into an unfavourable treaty with the Samnites. Outside of the coinage that he issued, there is no surviving mention of Tiberius Veturius holding higher magistracies like consul or praetor.
Obverse: A helmeted and draped bust of Mars, the Roman God of War, facing right, with the denomination and monogram TI-VET behind.
Reverse: An oath-taking ceremony, where a youth kneels facing left, holding a pig, while two soldiers stand on either side, each touching the pig with their swords, and the inscription ROMA above.
Specifications:
Composition: Silver
Weight: Approx. 4 g
Diameter: Approx. 19-20 mm
Mint: Rome, Italy
