This listing is for a Ancient Roman coin Commemorating the 900th year anniversary of the founding of Rome

Obverse..............................Antoninus Pius Bust Right
Reverse..............................Sow with 13 piglets
Type...................................AE As
Date....................................Struck 143-144 AD
Grade..................................NGC  Choice Fine 

Note....................................The sow on this coin is a reference to the prophecy given by the river god Tiberinus to Aeneas, saying that where he would find "a huge sow lying on the shore, under oak trees, that has farrowed a litter of thirty young, a white sow, lying on the ground, with white piglets round her teats, that place shall be your city." This prophecy was fulfilled at the site where Aeneas would found Alba, which would set in motion events which would lead to the founding of Rome     

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