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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1821934, member: 57495&quot;]Thanks all for the comments.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d been looking for this particular Antoninus Pius type for some time.&nbsp; AP issued a few types that thematically depicted scenes from the founding myth of Rome.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse refers to a specific passage in Virgil&#039;s Aeneid.&nbsp; Aeneas, from whom Romulus and Remus are descended (and from whom later the Julians also claimed descent), led the flight of Trojan refugees from Troy to found a new settlement.&nbsp; In a dream, he is visited by the river god Tiberinus who tells him that where he comes upon a white sow suckling her young is where he should build his new city.&nbsp; He sees this very omen the next day, and on the site he founds the city of Lavinium, which becomes the chief settlement of the early Romans.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In the Aeneid, the sow is suckling thirty young, suggesting that the new settlement would thrive and grow.&nbsp; On my coin, I only see four of the little fellows.&nbsp; I guess you can only do so much with the space available on an as.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Z.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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