30MM4P) R. Republic, Gens Veturia, Central Italy, AR Denarius, 3.82 Grms, 19 mm, 137 BC, Obverse: Head of Mars right, behind X and legend: TI VET. Reverse: Pig in the arms of Sacerdos Fecialis kneeling in the middle of two standing soldiers, with spears and pointing their swords at the pig, above: ROMA. Reference: Crawford 234/1, FFC 1186, VF toned, scratch on Obv. small edge chip.
from RSC: “This gens was one of the most ancient of Rome, it was patrician and plebeian, 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 B.C. 290.”