404/1. Vettia (66 BC)

AR Denarius serratus (Rome 66 BC)

O/  Bearded head of King Tatius right; TA below chin; SABINVS downwards behind; S C downwards before. 

R/ Togate figure in biga left, holding reins in right hand and magistrate's staff in left hand; IVDEX above; grain ears behind; T VETTIVS in exergue.

3.73g; 18mm

Crawford 404/1 (less than 20 obverse dies/less than 22 reverse dies)

- Artemide eLive Auction 29 (7-8/10/2023), lot 454.

Titus Vettius Sabinus:

The date of the issue was initially dated from 70 by Crawford, but it was revised to 66 by Hersh and Walker after the discovery of the Mesagne Hoard.*

* Charles Hersh and Alan Walker, "The Mesagne Hoard", Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society), Vol. 29 (1984), pp. 103–134.

Reference : RRC 404/1

Collection : Roman Republic