Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Presale Auction 391 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM Auction 391 (single-session sale)
Thursday 2 July 2026 hours 15:00 (UTC +01:00)
Ti. Veturius, Denarius, Rome, 137 BC; AR (4 g; 18,8 mm; 3 h)
Draped bust of Mars to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; behind, TI·VET ligate and X (mark of value). Rv. ROMA Oath-taking scene: two soldiers facing each other, each of them holding sword and spear, both touching with the blade of their swords a pig, being held by man kneeling to left with his head raised toward the soldier on the right. Crawford 234/1; Babelon (Veturia) 1; Sydenham 527. Wonderful rainbow iridescence. Scratch on the reverse, otherwise good extremely fine.