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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3199427, member: 82616&quot;]I really love your new coin [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] (good style and nicely centred), but must strongly disagree with Mr. Bressetts conjecture about the type! It was struck in 77-78 along with several other pastoral agrarian types.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827644[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827645[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827646[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827647[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is even a type showing Mars with a grain ear.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827657[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Viewed in this context the issue celebrates the empire&#039;s agrarian bounty under Vespasian&#039;s wise stewardship. The sow with her piglets fits neatly into the series. To see types that truly insulted the Jewish people, one need not look further than the Judaea Capta types.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Jewess with hands bound under a palm tree ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>or at the foot of a Roman soldier.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827651[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The horrifying aspects of those types still speak to us today. The extraordinary claim that the sow and piglets reverse type was the punchline of a cruel Roman joke is tame in comparison.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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