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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8051887, member: 128351&quot;]You are right, the Vespasian denarii with a sow have no relation at all with the Jews. This sow was a sacred animal in the Roman tradition (well before they went to war against the Jews). She is a sign from the Gods, as can be read in Virgil&#039;s Aeneid book VIII : Aeneas in Ostia wonders if he has reached the end of his journey. The gods send him a message : when you find a white giant sow with 30 white piglets, you&#039;ll know your wanderings are over and that here is the promised land in which your posterity will live and prosper. And he finds it the next morning under a tree by the river Tiber near the site of Pallantia, the future Rome. </p><p>There is also a are as of Antoninus Pius showing this sow under the tree by the river : <b>not my coin</b> of course !!! </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394441[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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