Roman Spintriae Gold Sex Coin

It\'s an x-rated replacement for the gold coins. The images are authentic photos of the actual coins. And for one intrepretation of the coins... Spintriae, somewhat smaller than a quarter and struck from brass or bronze, typically depicts an X-rated scene on one face and a Roman numeral from I to XVI on the other. They’re thought to have been minted somewhere between the years 22 and 37, during the reign of the emperor Tiberius, about whom more later. Typical rates for prostitutes at the time were somewhere in the range of two to 10 asses (giggle if you must, but yes, the basic unit of Roman currency was called the as), which lines up fairly well with the one-to-16 range imprinted on the coins. (Did you know the Roman word for prostitute was \"porno\"?) Throw in the fact that the hanky-panky is shown taking place in a luxury setting, possibly suggestive of a high-rent cathouse, and you can understand why many have guessed that spintriae were in fact standardized sex tokens, with the number on the back naming the fee for the act shown on the front. Offered in support of this conclusion is a study by a Warsaw professor who surveyed modern-day prostitutes (ah, academia) and found that their higher- and lower-priced services corresponded to acts pictured on the higher- and lower-numbered tokens respectively. Anyway...like the game needs more nudity, eh? Smiles. And thanks to \"ghosu\" for doing the 3D \"n\" dds file. Heinekn