Galley Under Full Sail

I simply loved Herculaneum. It had a far more personal feel than Pompeii.

 

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How funny (good funny) is that! Hope your trip was as good as mine! Me and the wife had a spectacular time! We too saw Pompei and Herculanium. Loved both! I have just recently gotten back too editing photos. Here is frieze I shot at Herculanium.

 

Even today, Herculaneum’s main street, with its entrance arch and wide main street, seems to evoke a pleasant, relaxed image of life in the upscale resort town (along the left side of this picture would have been merchants' shops):

 

I love all the pictures of ancient locations and welcome any others to this long running thread.

I have another ship coin that I picked up from JA recently, this is his photo. Another awesome beauty from our buddy YOC.

Postumus, AD 260-269
Ӕ Sestertius, 32mm, 16.8g, 6h; Lugdunum, AD 261.
Obverse: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG; Radiate, draped bust right.
Reverse: LAETITIA AVG; Galley right with four rowers and steersman.
Reference: RIC Vb 143, p. 349
From the YOC Collection

 

I can recommend Pula Croatia to any Roman enthusiasts. Lots of ruins and excavations throughout a lovely town.

 

I agree it was one of the highlights of my first trip to Italy, and best of all you can see it all in a day. And a very nice Pizzari just outside.

 

Sorry (well not really!) to have hijacked this thread but....

Herculaneum, Central Thermae

The tepidarium has a vaulted ceiling. The floor has partly collapsed, showing sections of the hypocaust beneath but is decorated with a fine mosaic depicting a triton surrounded by dolphins



The men's baths still have the stalls for holding the bather's clothing



The Correale di Terranova Museum in Sorrento was well worth spending a couple of hours walking round

I have a liking for Trophy of Arms coin types.... here we have a couple in marble



This one having a nice Phrygian cap for those familiar with Falling Horsemen types...

 

The rechenpfennig is not Dutch, but made by Johann Conrad Höger who worked in Nuremberg from 1705 till his death in 1743. Notice that in that period no loinger war reckoned with reckoning counters. This small pieces (about 19 mm) were used as playmoney/fishes but the Nuremberg-law was still that jetonmakers has to use the words RECHEN PFENNIG or (here RE PF) on the jetons.