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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6316064, member: 110350&quot;]Thanks for the fascinating write-up, as usual!&nbsp; I have nothing with the Lares, but here&#039;s a coin with the Penates:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. Sulpicius C.f. Galba, AR Serrate Denarius, 106 BCE. Obv. Jugate heads of Dei Penates left, D•P•P [<i>Dei Penates Publici</i>]&nbsp; beneath heads / Rev. Two soldiers facing each other, holding spears and pointing at sow lying down between them; S above; in exergue: C•SVL•ICI•C•F. [<i>Indication of undertype on right of reverse, causing loss of detail.</i>]&nbsp; RSC I Sulpicia 1, Crawford 312/1, Sydenham 572, BMCRR Rome 1324, Sear RCV I 189 (ill.)&nbsp; 18.12 mm., 3.83 g. [<i>See Sear RCV I at p. 108: “Crawford’s interpretation of this interesting type seems the most convincing: it refers to Aeneas’ [landing at and founding of] Lavinium (home of the Sulpicia gens) with the Penates, and the subsequent miracle of the great white sow [giving birth to 30 piglets], which foretold the founding of Alba Longa,” where the soil was more fertile, 30 years later</i>.] (<i>Ex. Madroosi Collection [Joe Blazick]</i>). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250180[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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