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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2158919, member: 39084&quot;]To a large extent, it seems to me that ancient engravers regarded their depictions of the gods as works of art, and thus not necessarily subject to any type of self-censorship.&nbsp; While clearly tesserae / spintria coins were intended to be explicitly sexual, coins engraved for general circulation probably had no such intentional or unintentional connotations.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Throughout history, sculptors (e.g., Michelangelo&#039;s <i>David</i>) and artists (.e.g, Rembrandt&#039;s various nudes) considered depictions of the nude human form to be fundamentally and wholly artistic and not erotic.&nbsp; In fact, on general-circulation Roman coins (at least those with which I&#039;m familiar) such depictions are usually in militaristic or deific (is that a word?) poses:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]415398[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>DOMITIAN&nbsp; 69 - 81 AD. </p><p>AE Sestertius (26.88 g.) Thrace 80-81 AD&nbsp; RIC 509 Titus</p><p>CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIANVS COS VII, laureate head right / S C across field, Mars walking right, holding spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]415399[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>VESPASIAN&nbsp; 69 - 71 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (7.35 g.) Rome Jul. - Dec. 71 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 44</p><p>IMP CAES VESP AVG P M Laureate head right. Rev. NEP - RED Neptune standing left, right foot on globe, holding acrostolium and scepter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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