Fantastic Nero Ostia Antica Ancient Port Coin.

Just thought I would share this with you all, I stumbled across this coin on Ostia Antica Facebook page Here is the Sestertius from the British Museum. Also a couple of pics I took when I visited the ruins of the port last year. The last one is the public toilets, a real social event for the residents.

 

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Great pics, thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks Mat, great place to visit if you are ever in Rome. How's the detail on the coin? not bad for 2000 years.

 

The coin is great, would add it in a heartbeat. Also would love to visit Rome and various other countries.

 

Those pictures are excellent. Coin's not bad too . AncientJoe has one of these and a very good writeup on his website.

 

Fantastic pictures-- great coin! I recognize the latrine you showed and because of your post found that I misattributed a picture of the same latrine in a prior writeup. I'll need to change that on my website since I said the latrine was in Ephesus.

Speaking of latrines, this seems like a good place to dump a few Sewer Goddess coins

For more than you ever wanted to know about ancient sewer systems, see
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-deity-worthy-of-respect.251682/


Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome
L. Mussidius Longus, 42 BCE
AR denarius, Rome mint.
Obv: Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right; CONCORDIA upwards behind; star in right field under chin
Rev: Shrine of Venus Cloacina: Circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting right hand on cippus, the platform inscribed CLOACIN and ornamented with trellis-pattern balustrade, flight of steps and portico on left; L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS around above.
Ref: Crawford 494/42b; Bab. 6; BMC 4244; Crawf. 494/42 b; Syd. 1093a


Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome
L. Mussidius Longus, 42 BCE
AR denarius, 18 mm, 3.8 gm. Rome mint.
Obv: Radiate and draped bust of Sol facing
Rev: Shrine of Venus Cloacina: Circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting right hand on cippus, the platform inscribed CLOAC and ornamented with trellis-pattern balustrade, flight of steps and portico on left; L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS around above.
Ref: Crawford 494/43b; CRI 189a; Sydenham 1094a; Kestner 3758-9 var. (CLOACIN); BMCRR Rome 4252-4; Mussidia 7a.


Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome
L. Mussidius Longus, 42 BCE
AR denarius, Rome mint.
Obv: Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right; CONCORDIA upwards behind
Rev: Shrine of Venus Cloacina: Circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting right hand on cippus, the platform inscribed CLOACIN and ornamented with trellis-pattern balustrade, flight of steps and portico on left; L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS around above.
Ref: Crawford 494/42a; CRI 188; Sydenham 1093; Kestner 3753-4; BMCRR Rome 4242-3; Mussidia 6b.

 

Thanks zumbly, I will take a look at his.

 

Thanks TIF, they are three great coins, alas I am still trying to acquire one, hopefully soon.

 

very nice, thanks for sharing!

those roman public potty stations make me cringe, i get weird about using a public toilet in a stall...let alone just "plopping" down right next to someone and letting it rip.

and the shared "cleaning sponge".....oh the humanity.

 

Terrific photos and coin @Ancient Aussie !!!

I absolutely LOVE those coins @TIF and never tire of seeing them and that fantastic thread you created---it's a classic to me!!!

 

Wow @Ancient Aussie , NIIIIICE! Well done. Great pics.

Since @TIF is focused on dumping, I will dump my potty denarius too...


RR Mussidius Longus 42 BCE AR Den Rad Sol Platform CLOACIN S 494 Cr494-42 Obv-Rev.jpg

 

LOL, at LEAST the Romans were sanitary. You should see some of the latrines that I have been to in the back country of China... Had some factories in some VERY tough areas... I would post a few pics, but probly be banned for LIFE!

 

For a year or two when I was ~8, my family lived in a tiny cabin with no indoor plumbing. We had an outhouse-- very old outhouse of rotting pine wood, chock full of daddy longleg spiders and other creepy crawlies. Man... I sure didn't like going to the bathroom in the middle of the night! It was especially bad in the winter but at least there weren't as many critters when it was below freezing.

 

LOL That reminds me when I accepted a cousin's invitation to go ice fishing at lake George (upstate New York) and they had a cabin with an outhouse and I soon found out why they kept the toilet seat in-doors by the fireplace the very first time I ventured outside through the freezing cold and snow to heed the 'call of nature' LOL

And the mountain lion tracks didn't make the attempts any easier either. LOL

 

LOL, Fun-times. Same here. My Great-Grandpa / ma's house was an old Midwestern (USA) farmhouse built in 1861. Had a bathroom later built on, but still had the Outhouse! Used it all the time. My parents ended up BUYING that house from my Greatgrandparents, and my parents could not afford to add a bathroom for several years. The house bathroom was off the parent's bedroom, sooo.... yup, the boys had to use the off-site facilities (The Outhouse). When we finally got a bathroom upstairs (about 4'x4'!), I was so glad to push that old outhouse over... LOL, still remember dumping lime in it every few months. Then when I toppled it... thought of at least 5 generations of my family's "refuse" was down there... OMG.

 

The Port of Ostia is my favorite Nero sestertius. I was fortunate to purchase an example a couple of years ago:



It's not quite as nice as the British Museum example but few of our coins are

 

Thats a great coin you own, I did not see the obverse of the museum one but looking at yours it is an exceptional bust of Nero.

 

Great Port of Ostia (both) and cloaca !

The latrine in Ephesus is looking the same @TIF, nobody noticed I guess

Q

 

Yes I took a pic of that one in Ephesus as well, and yes it's hard to tell the origin as I think the latrines were uniform across the Roman
empire.

 

Great coin and great photos (thanks for the extra effort, Ancient Aussie)

Man, during the big Sunday Gladiator fights, I wouldn't want to sit in one of those corner seats and then have some random dude choose the seat directly adjacent!! (bumping our knees together, making small-talk)

... "good game, eh?"