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<p>[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 7689914, member: 5682"][ATTACH=full]1320410[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Suspected ancient snack bar known as a thermopolium)</p><p><br /></p><p>Regio V is the latest excavation site at the Pompeii ruins. The coins found may shed some interesting insights on life in Ancient Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>First, Roman coins from three different centuries were found in a single victim’s purse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1320399[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>“The individual clutched at least 20 silver and 2 bronze coins close to his chest, stored in a small purse.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>” At first glance it would appear that twenty silver denarii and two bronze asses with a nominal value of eighty and half sesterces have been found. Such a quantity of money at the time could maintain a family of three for 14-16 days.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins exhibit a highly varied chronology.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has been possible to examine 15 - mostly Republican - coins, dating from the middle of the 2nd century BC. One of the latest Republican coins is a legionary denarius of Mark Antony, commonly found at Pompeii, with the indication of the XXI Legion. Among the few Imperial coins identified, we have a likely denarius of Octavian Augustus and two denarii of Vespasian. “</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Although this person was moving with either his coin collection or savings, this might also be an indication that coins centuries-old freely circulated in the Empire. Once the Roman Empire debased the currency, however, it is unlikely that more pure silver coins would have been as easily found.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://pompeiisites.org/en/press-kit-en/discoveries-continue-at-the-regio-v-site/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pompeiisites.org/en/press-kit-en/discoveries-continue-at-the-regio-v-site/" rel="nofollow">http://pompeiisites.org/en/press-kit-en/discoveries-continue-at-the-regio-v-site/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These are exciting times at the Pompeii excavation:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/252-completed-excavations-at-pompeii-thermopolium-in-regio-v" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/252-completed-excavations-at-pompeii-thermopolium-in-regio-v" rel="nofollow">https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/252-completed-excavations-at-pompeii-thermopolium-in-regio-v</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/12/food-stand-pompeii/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/12/food-stand-pompeii/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/12/food-stand-pompeii/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, one coin (along with other evidence) found years ago at another site at Pompeii had suggested that we had gotten the presumed August date of the eruption of Vesuvius wrong:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>”An inscription reinforces other evidence that scholars believe point to an October rather than August event: charred autumn fruit, bodies with bulky, warm clothing, wood-burning braziers, wine from the harvest in sealed jars, and a coin that was probably not issued until September A.D. 79. Historians blame confusion over the date on potential errors made in translations and transcriptions in Pliny’s famous letter. “</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The problem I have with that “discovery” is the lack of photographic evidence of this later coin (which would necessarily be during the reign of Titus after Vespasian’s death in June AD79).</p><p>(see discussion below).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/07/pompeiis-most-recent-finds-reveal-new-clues-to-citys-destruction/amp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/07/pompeiis-most-recent-finds-reveal-new-clues-to-citys-destruction/amp" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/07/pompeiis-most-recent-finds-reveal-new-clues-to-citys-destruction/amp</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, these are other examples of numismatists’ helping to shed light on ancient Roman history.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=68854.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=68854.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=68854.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>“The writing, discovered on the wall of a villa during a new series of excavations in the Regio V, reports the date of 17th October (16th day before the Calends of November), which supports the theory that the eruption happened a week later, on the 24th of October 79 AD. As Massimo Osanna, head of <a href="http://www.pompeiisites.org/index.jsp?idProgetto=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pompeiisites.org/index.jsp?idProgetto=2" rel="nofollow">Pompeii Archaeological Site</a> stated “the charcoal, is extremely fragile and evanescent so it could not last a long time […] it is more than likely that it was written in 79 AD shortly before the eruption itself”. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.leisure-italy.com/news/news-pompeii/eruption-mt-vesuvius/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.leisure-italy.com/news/news-pompeii/eruption-mt-vesuvius/" rel="nofollow">https://www.leisure-italy.com/news/news-pompeii/eruption-mt-vesuvius/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 7689914, member: 5682"][ATTACH=full]1320410[/ATTACH] (Suspected ancient snack bar known as a thermopolium) Regio V is the latest excavation site at the Pompeii ruins. The coins found may shed some interesting insights on life in Ancient Rome. First, Roman coins from three different centuries were found in a single victim’s purse: [ATTACH=full]1320399[/ATTACH] “The individual clutched at least 20 silver and 2 bronze coins close to his chest, stored in a small purse.” ” At first glance it would appear that twenty silver denarii and two bronze asses with a nominal value of eighty and half sesterces have been found. Such a quantity of money at the time could maintain a family of three for 14-16 days. The coins exhibit a highly varied chronology. It has been possible to examine 15 - mostly Republican - coins, dating from the middle of the 2nd century BC. One of the latest Republican coins is a legionary denarius of Mark Antony, commonly found at Pompeii, with the indication of the XXI Legion. Among the few Imperial coins identified, we have a likely denarius of Octavian Augustus and two denarii of Vespasian. “ Although this person was moving with either his coin collection or savings, this might also be an indication that coins centuries-old freely circulated in the Empire. Once the Roman Empire debased the currency, however, it is unlikely that more pure silver coins would have been as easily found. [URL]http://pompeiisites.org/en/press-kit-en/discoveries-continue-at-the-regio-v-site/[/URL] These are exciting times at the Pompeii excavation: [URL]https://www.pompeionline.net/en/news/252-completed-excavations-at-pompeii-thermopolium-in-regio-v[/URL] [URL]https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/12/food-stand-pompeii/[/URL] Interestingly, one coin (along with other evidence) found years ago at another site at Pompeii had suggested that we had gotten the presumed August date of the eruption of Vesuvius wrong: ”An inscription reinforces other evidence that scholars believe point to an October rather than August event: charred autumn fruit, bodies with bulky, warm clothing, wood-burning braziers, wine from the harvest in sealed jars, and a coin that was probably not issued until September A.D. 79. Historians blame confusion over the date on potential errors made in translations and transcriptions in Pliny’s famous letter. “ The problem I have with that “discovery” is the lack of photographic evidence of this later coin (which would necessarily be during the reign of Titus after Vespasian’s death in June AD79). (see discussion below). [URL]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/07/pompeiis-most-recent-finds-reveal-new-clues-to-citys-destruction/amp[/URL] Nevertheless, these are other examples of numismatists’ helping to shed light on ancient Roman history. [URL]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=68854.0[/URL] “The writing, discovered on the wall of a villa during a new series of excavations in the Regio V, reports the date of 17th October (16th day before the Calends of November), which supports the theory that the eruption happened a week later, on the 24th of October 79 AD. As Massimo Osanna, head of [URL='http://www.pompeiisites.org/index.jsp?idProgetto=2']Pompeii Archaeological Site[/URL] stated “the charcoal, is extremely fragile and evanescent so it could not last a long time […] it is more than likely that it was written in 79 AD shortly before the eruption itself”. [URL]https://www.leisure-italy.com/news/news-pompeii/eruption-mt-vesuvius/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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