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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chip, post: 1462418, member: 19122&quot;]I wonder about the symbolism in the coin. The most famous example of Ancient elephants used in battle was by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, as far as my reading goes, Rome never used elephants in battle.</p><p><br /></p><p>In modern days the elephant is the symbol of the Republican party, but Caesar to all intents and purposes was the death knell for the Roman Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>The snake is a pretty universal symbol of something low and reptillian, was the coin produced after the Civil war, or before during Caesars Gallic campaigns. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not conversant with the pontifical symbols on the coin, I had read that Caesar was made Pontiff, more or less as a sort of way for Sulla to dispose of a person from the political scene.&nbsp; But as to the symbolisms depicted I would like to learn more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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