Oath-Taking Scene
CNG 112, Lot: 489. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Ti. Veturius. 137 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.96 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted and draped bust of Mars right; TI • (VET) downward to left, X (mark of value) to left between end of crest and back of neck / Oath-taking scene: youth kneeling left, head right, between two soldiers, each of whom holds a spear and sword that touches a pig held by the youth. Crawford 234/1; Sydenham 527; Veturia 1; RBW 969; FFC 1186 (
this coin). Lightly toned. Choice EF.
Ex Alba Longa (Jose Fernandez Molina) Collection; Sotheby’s Zurich (27 October 1993), lot 1118.
