- Choice Very Fine Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck IMP XIX = 77 - 78 CE for Emperor Vespasian at the Rome Mint.
- RIC 109, RSC 213, 3.46g, approx. 19mm.
- Detailed realistic portrait.
- Certified by NGC to Ch VF Strike 5/5 Surface 3/5.
- Obverse: CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head of Vespasian right.
- Reverse: IMP XIX, Sow (with long snout) advancing left with piglets below.
- Sow with piglets on Roman coins represents the foundational myth of Rome. Reference to the prophecy given to Aeneas, who, upon arriving in Italy, was instructed to build a city where he saw a white sow with thirty piglets.
- Very nice in hand.
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