Veturia gens

The Veturii occur regularly in the Fasti Consulares of the early Republic, with Gaius Veturius Geminus Cicurinus holding the consulship in 499 BC.

[1] The nomen Veturius belongs to a class of gentilicia in which the old, medial 's' has been replaced by 'r', as in Valesius, Fusius, Papisius, and Numesius, which in later times were Valerius, Furius, Papirius, and Numerius.

The Veturii who occur in the fasti from the outset of the Republic to the middle of the fifth century BC bore the additional surname of Geminus, a twin.

[6][1] Michael Crawford suggests that the coin depicts an oath, adding that it might be a reference to the treaty made by Titus Veturius Calvinus with the Samnites at the Caudine Forks, as an example of Roman integrity.

[7] He also links the scene depicted to the treaty of 137 negotiated by Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, the moneyer's cousin, during the Numantine War, although this view is disputed.

Denarius of Tiberius Veturius, 137 BC. On the obverse is the head of Mars , a possible allusion to Tiberus Veturius Philo, the flamen martialis . The reverse depicts an oath: a Samnite (left) and Roman (right) touch with their swords a pig held by a kneeling man, who is about to sacrifice the animal in order to sanctify the oath.