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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7281030, member: 85693&quot;]Roman water:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Aqua Traiana on a well-used sestertius: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275636[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(103-111 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES NERVAE T]RAIANO A[VG GER DAC PM TRP COS V P P], laureate head right, slight drapery on left / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S-C, AQVA [TRAIANA] in ex. Aqua Traiana reclining left. </p><p>RIC 463; BMCRE 873.</p><p>(23.47 grams / 29 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some interesting documentaries about the source for the Aqua Traiana - its source was only recently confirmed:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Manziana source was re-identified in early 2009 by two British film-makers, and its identity was confirmed on 24 June 2009, on the exact anniversary of 1900 years after the aqueduct&#039;s inauguration by archaeologist Lorenzo Quilici of University of Bologna.&quot; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Traiana" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Traiana" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Traiana</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a YouTube video:&nbsp; [MEDIA=youtube]82__BJQ6h-Q[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the River Rhine personified: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275637[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gallic Empire&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>Postumus (260 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Trier Mint, 1st Emis., 2nd Ph. </b></p><p>IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed right / SALVS PROVINCIARVM, river god Rhine, horns on head, reclining left, elbow on urn, hand on prow, holding anchor.</p><p>RIC 87; RSC 355; Sear 10990.</p><p>(2.78 grams / 24 x 21 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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