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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2514316, member: 72818&quot;]&quot;The coins below&nbsp; are a new <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" rel="nofollow">type</a> to the Roman series, and termed pulvinaria, or sacred couches of the gods.&nbsp; While <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a> attributed these to the eruption of Vesuvius, recent scholarship tends to place these commemorating the opening of the Colosseum, at which there may have been seats for honored guests.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I just ran across this explanation on FORVM (RE: Lucas Harsh) and it makes the puvinaria denarii even cooler than I imagined.....But what does the &#039;Corinthian Helmet&#039; have to do with it??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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