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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 26340753, member: 4910&quot;]&quot;Pompeii the New Dig&quot; - &quot;House of Treasures&quot; is a 2025 documentary which is being shown on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) television stations in August 2025.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_television_pompeiinewdig_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists complete the biggest dig in a generation, where they strike gold and luxury in one of Pompeii’s richest homes.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_television_pompeiinewdig_02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Six Roman gold aureus coins were found near the skeleton of a middle-aged woman and most of the coins were shown.</p><p><br /></p><p>The program showed photographs of the gold coins and I attempted to put together images of the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found obverses and reverses for five of them, but for one coin, the &quot;Annona&quot; coin, I could not locate an obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some coins were photographed from angles and I resized the images but did not otherwise alter them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Wildwinds website has images and descriptions of the coins.</p><p><a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html</a></p><p>&quot;RIC&quot; is Roman Imperial Coins, a standard catalog of Roman coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of these coins were struck under Vespasian, the father of Titus and Domitian.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_television_pompeiinewdig_coin_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Tiberius (Aureus RIC 25, Struck AD 16-37</p><p>Tiberius facing right, TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS</p><p>Livia seated facing right, PONTIF MAXIM</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_television_pompeiinewdig_coin_02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Vitellius Aureus RIC 108, Struck AD 69</p><p>Vitellius facing right, A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P</p><p>Tripod, XV VIR SACR FAC</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_television_pompeiinewdig_coin_03.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Titus Aureus RIC 780[vesp], Struck AD 75</p><p>Titus facing right, T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN</p><p>Bull facing right COS IIII</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_television_pompeiinewdig_coin_04.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Titus Aureus RIC 954[vesp], Struck AD 77-78</p><p>Titus facing right, T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS</p><p>Roma seated right, COS VI</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_television_pompeiinewdig_coin_05.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Titus Aureus RIC 971[vesp], Struck AD 78-79</p><p>Titus facing right, T CAESAR VESPASIANVS</p><p>Annona seated left on throne ANNONA AVG</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_television_pompeiinewdig_coin_06.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Domitian Aureus RIC 960[vesp], Struck AD 77-78</p><p>Domitian facing right, CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS</p><p>She-wolf sucking infants Romulus and Remus, COS V</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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