It was Chinese New Year earlier this week. In honor of the Year of the Pig, here's a piggy I recently acquired, with her adorable piglets. Vespasian, AD 77-8. RIC 983.
My Chinese zodiac is the Pig (or as called many times, the Boar)... RR C Hosidius C F Geta 68 BCE Diana bow quiver Boar Hound spear Sear 346 Craw 407-2 Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BC AR Drachm 3.5g 13mm Forepart winged boar r gorgoneion incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 Rare RR M Volteius Mf AR Denarius 78 BCE 18mm 3.96g Hd Hercules R lion skin headdress - Erymanthian boar Cr 385-2 ex SteveX6 Iberia - Castulo AE14 Quarter Unit Bust - BOAR w-star Obv-Rev 2nd C BCE Campania CAPUA AE Uncia 216-211 Diana Boar, War with Hannibal capital Italia Mammoth Tusk - 50,000 BCE, harvested in Russia, China carved, acquired in Xian; Chinese Zodiac BOAR (me) and RABBIT (my wife)
I'm still recovering from the customary and unavoidable pigging out that occurs during Chinese New Year celebrations here. I've always liked that Flavian type and really need to add one to my collection some day. ANTONINUS PIUS AE As. 11.02g, 28.6mm. Rome mint, AD 140-144. RIC 733; Cohen 450. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right. R: IMPERATOR II, Sow seated by a river under an oak tree suckling three piglets, another one before her; SC in exergue. Ex Old Sable Collection
