T. Vettius Sabinus. 66 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.57 g, 1h). Rome mint. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 571 – Session 1
Lot: 638.
Closing Date: Sep 25 2024 10:00 ET

The Robert W. Hubel Collection, Assembled 1929-1939, Silver

Estimate: $ 200

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T. Vettius Sabinus. 66 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.57 g, 1h). Rome mint. Bearded head of the Sabine king, Tatius, right / Togate figure, holding reins and magistrate's scepter, driving biga left; stalk of grain to right. Crawford 404/1; Sydenham 905; Vettia 2; RBW 1446. Toned, light porosity, trace deposits. Good VF.

From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.

The togate figure in the chariot on the reverse is identified as a IVDEX; this is usually translated as “judge,” but a more correct definition might be “arbiter.” Efforts to identify the figure have run into the problem that there was no formal independent office of Iudex and any important magistrate could be called by that title. Michael Harlan proposes that the figure could represent the moneyer himself, who may be the same Titus Vettius who served as Quaestor in Sicily circa 73 BC; the grain ear to the right of the chariot in this case would refer to Sicily, the main supplier of wheat to Rome.

Closing Date and Time: 25 September 2024 at 13:32:20 ET.

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