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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4576491, member: 110350&quot;]I have a question about what&#039;s happening on the reverse of my Sulpicius Galba coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133044[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you think the soldier on the left is actually spearing the sow in the back (and is that supposed to be a hole in her back near the spear?) -- that would explain why she looks so angry! -- or is his spear simply resting on the ground behind her, and she&#039;s just generally disgruntled? I don&#039;t think the legend of the Great White Sow included killing her immediately after finding her, but who knows? Whatever&#039;s going on, the soldier on the right seems greatly entertained: because of the overstrike, one can see only his outline, like he&#039;s in some kind of minimalist cartoon, but he certainly appears to be laughing -- or exclaiming joyfully -- as he points at the sow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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