Sold
The sow and pigs refer back to a foundation myth of Rome, celebrating its 900th anniversary during the reign of Antoninus Pius. According to Vergil, The Trojan exile Aeneas sailed up the Tibur until he came upon a white sow nursing thirty piglets, and was to found a settlement on the site of this good omen, the town of Lanuvium, the precursor to Rome.
Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As (28 mm, 12.52 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. Laureate head right / Sow seated right under oak tree, suckling three young, two more before. RIC 733 ); BMCRE 1625 Cohen 450 ). Fine, Rare and desirable type.