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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3147192, member: 85693&quot;]Ancient pet names are interesting.&nbsp; The &quot;Megerius Mosaic&quot; shows that even animals slaughtered in Roman games were given names.&nbsp; Here you see leopards Victor, Crispinus, Luxurius and Romanus being slain in Roman Tunisia...</p><p><br /></p><p>Of numismatic interest, the guy towards the left with the tray is carrying bags of denarii - the symbol on each bag indicating &quot;1000&quot; - payment for the hunters (&quot;DENARIOS QVINGENIOS&quot; in the inscription).&nbsp; A rare instance of coins (even bagged) shown in an ancient work of art: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magerius_Mosaic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magerius_Mosaic" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magerius_Mosaic</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]805655[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>By Sousse_museum_Smirat.jpg: Pascal Radiguederivative work: Pethrus (talk) - Sousse_museum_Smirat.jpg, CC BY 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10238235" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10238235" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10238235</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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