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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3449102, member: 10461&quot;]Were I in possession of a time machine (and not a teetotaller), I&#039;d stroll into the establishment of <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/pompeii/regio-i/reg-i-ins-8/thermopolium-of-vetutius-placidus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/pompeii/regio-i/reg-i-ins-8/thermopolium-of-vetutius-placidus" rel="nofollow">L. Vetutius Placidus</a>, walk up to the bar, plunk down these four coins, and say to the proprietor, &quot;A glass of your best Falernian, good sir!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]916054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916057[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I&#039;d join my fellow patrons in their nervous conversation about all the earth tremors and the tendrils of smoke and steam coming from the mountain, and what that might mean about the mood of the gods.&nbsp; <font size="3">(Hey, I&#039;ve already got a time machine in this scenario, so let&#039;s also assume I speak Latin, too.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Later, after everyone had fled, I&#039;d scoop the contents of the <i>dolia</i> into a sack, let <a href="https://moatmtv.weebly.com/pompeian-dogs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://moatmtv.weebly.com/pompeian-dogs.html" rel="nofollow">that poor dog</a> off the chain, and dash &#039;round the corner to the haystack where my time machine was concealed, then just in the nick of time, I&#039;d pop back to the 21st century, bringing the hoard along for us to examine.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Might try to find myself an <a href="https://www.colosseocollection.com/p443726947/hcd9ad7c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colosseocollection.com/p443726947/hcd9ad7c" rel="nofollow">aureus</a> for a souvenir, while I&#039;m at it.&nbsp; I&#039;d look where the Boscoreale hoard was later found.&nbsp; But I&#039;d pick a different coin to keep and leave the rest there, so [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] could still have his. By escaping the heat of the eruption, my example wouldn&#039;t have that great purple toning, but I&#039;d pick a high grade one with an interesting reverse.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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