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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2280986, member: 74282&quot;]I checked out Crawford in reference to the type. He doesn&#039;t offer any theories for why the moneyer chose Ceres as the obverse, but says that the reverse is meant to complement the obverse. From the Wikipedia article on Ceres: &quot;Ceres was credited with the discovery of spelt wheat (Latin <i>far</i>), the yoking of oxen and ploughing, the sowing, protection and nourishing of the young seed, and the gift of agriculture to humankind;&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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