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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 3784227, member: 80147&quot;]On my way to Agrigento and the valley of temples, I stopped at this amazing Roman Villa, near Piazza Armerina called Villa Romana del Casale famous for it&#039;s well preserved floor and wall mosaics, one of which you may of heard of before the famous &quot;Bikini Girls&quot;. This splendid hunting residence was thought to be owned by Maximianus Herculeus, built in the early part of the fourth century covering 3,500 square metres, they are one of the most important works of Roman art. The most impressive mosaics of the villa are the ones which decorate the floors in the atrium, baths, peristyles and above all in the Corridoio della Grande Cassia and in the Sala della Dieci Ragazze which depict hunting scenes of which it is thought the animals from all regions that were gathered and transported to amphitheatre&#039;s such as the Coliseum. What saved these wonderful mosaics was a mudslide which coverered the villa and protected it from most looting and the Vandal&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD SOME MODESTY BACK THEN. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010606[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010605[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010607[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010608[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010609[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010610[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010611[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010612[/ATTACH]</p><p>Catalog: RIC 118; Coh. 64</p><p>Material: Bronze</p><p>Weight: 7.11 g</p><p>Maximianus I. Herculius, 2nd Government 307-310 AD</p><p>Follis</p><p>Aquileia, 1st Officina, 307 AD</p><p>Vs .: IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, head with laurel wreath on the</p><p>reverse: CONSERV VRB SVAE / AQP, six columnar Temple with cult image of the Roma</p><p><br /></p><p>ex Münzzentrum Müller, auction 72, 1992, lot 533.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #006600">IN CELEBRATION OF THIS SAVED VILLA AND ROMAN ARTISTRY AT IT&#039;S BEST POST YOUR AGRIGENTO AND OR MAXIMIANUS COINS</span>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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