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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2799239, member: 85693"]Although I just visited Pompeii and tried beforehand to research what to look for, I only just tonight chanced upon a reference to the Oplontis Villa - it is also called the Villa Poppaea (because it is believed Nero's wife owned it). </p><p><br /></p><p>A bunch of coins were found in Villa B. Here is a link to the Oplontis Villa site, giving an overview of finds (including coins):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.oplontisproject.org/index.php/the-villas/villa-b/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.oplontisproject.org/index.php/the-villas/villa-b/" rel="nofollow">http://www.oplontisproject.org/index.php/the-villas/villa-b/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Even better, here are some of the coins found there - from a "Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero" exhibition - great selection of what was in circulation in 79 AD - from the Republic onward:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/oplontis-leisure-and-luxury/coins.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/oplontis-leisure-and-luxury/coins.php" rel="nofollow">http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/oplontis-leisure-and-luxury/coins.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the photos, it even tells which skeleton each coin was found with. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this isn't old news to everybody else (I searched this site and got no hits). My apologies if so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2799239, member: 85693"]Although I just visited Pompeii and tried beforehand to research what to look for, I only just tonight chanced upon a reference to the Oplontis Villa - it is also called the Villa Poppaea (because it is believed Nero's wife owned it). A bunch of coins were found in Villa B. Here is a link to the Oplontis Villa site, giving an overview of finds (including coins): [url]http://www.oplontisproject.org/index.php/the-villas/villa-b/[/url] Even better, here are some of the coins found there - from a "Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero" exhibition - great selection of what was in circulation in 79 AD - from the Republic onward: [url]http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/oplontis-leisure-and-luxury/coins.php[/url] In addition to the photos, it even tells which skeleton each coin was found with. I hope this isn't old news to everybody else (I searched this site and got no hits). My apologies if so.[/QUOTE]
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