Pompeii the New Dig - House of Treasures - PBS Television

willieboyd2 · Aug 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM

"Pompeii the New Dig" - "House of Treasures" is a 2025 documentary which is being shown on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) television stations in August 2025.

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists complete the biggest dig in a generation, where they strike gold and luxury in one of Pompeii’s richest homes.

Six Roman gold aureus coins were found near the skeleton of a middle-aged woman and most of the coins were shown.

The program showed photographs of the gold coins and I attempted to put together images of the coins.

I found obverses and reverses for five of them, but for one coin, the "Annona" coin, I could not locate an obverse.

Some coins were photographed from angles and I resized the images but did not otherwise alter them.

The Wildwinds website has images and descriptions of the coins.
https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html
"RIC" is Roman Imperial Coins, a standard catalog of Roman coins.

Some of these coins were struck under Vespasian, the father of Titus and Domitian.

Tiberius (Aureus RIC 25, Struck AD 16-37
Tiberius facing right, TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS
Livia seated facing right, PONTIF MAXIM

Vitellius Aureus RIC 108, Struck AD 69
Vitellius facing right, A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P
Tripod, XV VIR SACR FAC

Titus Aureus RIC 780[vesp], Struck AD 75
Titus facing right, T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN
Bull facing right COS IIII

Titus Aureus RIC 954[vesp], Struck AD 77-78
Titus facing right, T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS
Roma seated right, COS VI

Titus Aureus RIC 971[vesp], Struck AD 78-79
Titus facing right, T CAESAR VESPASIANVS
Annona seated left on throne ANNONA AVG

Domitian Aureus RIC 960[vesp], Struck AD 77-78
Domitian facing right, CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS
She-wolf sucking infants Romulus and Remus, COS V