Coins of ancient Rome
Nude Figures and Erotic Images on Ancient Coins. These coins were made in Rome around the first century BC and they were paying for certain services, or they went as usual?
Category: Art, Bizarre, Interesting&Notable, Photography, World
awesome! i wholeharte wholeheartedly dly endorse changing “in god we trust” to “in sex we trust” on all american currency.
those are my kind of coins. wish I had a full set of them.
awesome lol
Ah, money today would be so much more interesting if we spiced it up a little…
Just goes to show how old kinky sex is… check out the one with the leash! Nothing new under the sun…
i like it very much thanks
Really?
I’m not an expert in ancient numismatics, but I think these are all bogus. Roman art does depict such scenes fairly regularly, but I’ve never seen a Roman coin with a large numeral on the reverse–or without any inscription onn either side. Romans were big letterers of coinage, almost always on both sides, never failing to give the name of the current potentate.
If I’m wrong, forgive my skepticism.
these coins were used in the brothels of ancient rome
that’s messed up
I wish modern society was like ancient greece when it comes to sexual norms
Cool, can you imagine how the religious nuts here in the US would freak out if we had coinage like that?
are these for real?! if so, i want some!
Much better then old dead dudes…
dirty money!
Perhaps they should reissue these coins for “vocational” use.
History rocks!
I only could use them for the special services shown on the coin… We received them from Ceasar for special services rendered….
when i remember right they show which service you get and how much you will have to pay – so foreigners understand even though they dont speak any language.
I think we ought to redesign our quarters based on these coins. Much more interesting than Idaho or Nebraska.
The Romans sure knew how to have a good time, it’s a shame they adopted that ridiculous Christian religion
Lol.. Too good.. would love to be richer with these coins..
These look like they may be from Roman brothels. They were divided into separate rooms with each room containing a partner and certain sex act. These probably make sure that someone paid for the right room and aren’t sneaking into another one.
before christ eh? coins like these greatly stained and pathed the way for womens role in society.
i call bs, simple google search proves it.
at least one of those coins should have been 30.
xxx
1 hour = 5 pounds
Do the nines have a story or are all of these just from your imagination ?
It’s because back then
a woman’s body was viewed
as a priceless treasure that
could never be replaced.
Unlike, nowadays
Interesting coins, but the writing sucks. You realize that you last sentence is not actually a question, don’t you?
first!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I-uh… Oh my God.. I-uh.. that’s just.. that’s just wrong…
Is this real?!
I do not know if I believe this, it seems that the human figure is treated very similarly in all the cases. Not that Rome was a very pious state around this time or anything though, but still I don’t know if this is something I would automatically accept
wow…. umm…. yeah…. just wow
i can feel archiologists getting very excited about these finds
Please make another ones again for these times
check out the one with the kid under the table… wtttf
Are we sure these aren’t the ancient Roman equivalent of giftcards? Perhaps the image indicates exactly what the industry is and the number indicates the amount of time with her/him?
Eh…as awesome as they are, surely the roman numerals are all wrong?
IIII isn’t right, it should be IV
VIIII isn’t correct either, it should be IX
Sorry if i’m the one thats very wrong…
Amazing money, that mean it represents what Rome buy
I tend 2 have a lot of skepticism regarding the authenticity of these coins….but they sure are fun, none the less! Lol
Tyler: Romans actually used IIII a lot instead of IV, same with VIIII I guess.
mmmm these coins might have some
reality to them. Although most imagery conatining
sex was banned, burned or just hidden, the fact that
such a thing cannot be real or exist is juvenile in thought.
Pompeii was las vegas in ancient times,
jsust about everything was a brothel and there
are various images and phallic symbology
throughout, one of the more common?
A menu depicting all the services and prices.
The quality of these coins is up for debate
but the imagery is solid and does resemble
ancient roman/greek sexual imagery.
Pretty lame. If this is what rocks your boat, you’re a loser.
thats an economy i can get behind!
Actually, IIII and VIIII are correct. Roman numerals were depicted straight from the fingers. V is a full hand of fingers and is therefore five for five fingers. X was used for ten becuase it is one hand above another, palm to palm. It wasn’t until later that somebody tried to modernize Roman numerals by using IV or IX to mean one before five or one before ten.
lol ancient romans were perverts
roman coins usually have inscriptions on them around the edge of the coin and a picture of whoever was ruler at the time i thought. maybe these aren’t official currency but were like, tokens to use at bathhouses or something?
yup, the Romans have had it already figured out. Too bad the “Christians” were too zealous. Oh, i forgot ALL Monotheistic religions are way too zealous.
> IIII isn’t right, it should be IV
Subtractive notation was introduced in the middle ages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#IIII_and_IV
Reminds me of my first penny…….
Sadly, while amusing, they are bogus. The roman numerals are wrong in several instances – although they have been used in this “wrong” nomenclature for watches; despite what the forger may have thought, not all Romans wore laurels on their heads; several of these fakes have mint stamps – look for the little tagged “S” – and Roman coins were stricken, not minted, and none bears a mark like that. None of them are nearly worn enough to have been circulated.
Like I said, amusing, but fake.