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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2192678, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_Venus_Cloacina" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_Venus_Cloacina" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_Venus_Cloacina</a></p><p>The drawing on the above page shows the round shrine from two sides.&nbsp; Look at the left drawing. The two figures are not parallel in placement but the one on the left is closer to us.&nbsp; We see stairs and CLOAC.&nbsp; That appears to be what the round surface showed from that side rather than just an abbreviation for the coin. The right drawing was taken from 90 degrees around the circle.&nbsp; Now the post on our coins at the far right is between the figures.&nbsp;&nbsp; The page also has a photo showing the 2012 appearance of the ruins.&nbsp; Are the stairs are below ground or is this the supporting structure and everything in the coin image is gone?.&nbsp; If what we see at ground level is just above the lettering there could be more below.&nbsp; I have no idea if anyone is working on the excavation.&nbsp; I have no idea if anyone involved with the site even looked at the coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are two obverses.&nbsp; Concordia suggests a city with a sewer is a happy city.&nbsp; How did we get Sol?&nbsp; He does not shine down there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Because Monopoly was once considered in the Public Domain, someone could have produce a version where we buy coins rather than properties.&nbsp; When my daughter was in college, there were many variations on the idea but later changes in the copyright law gave the idea back to Parker Brothers.&nbsp; Baltic and Mediterranean could be Gloria Exercitus and Falling Horseman while Park Place and Boardwalk could be dekadrachms or medallions.&nbsp;&nbsp; Color grouped properties could be three related coins like Imperatorial denarii or 12 Caesars sestertii.&nbsp; It would be hard to keep the number of property coins down to the standard.&nbsp;&nbsp; Board games are fun to make but not as much fun to play by 21st century standards so I doubt we will see the ACES version.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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