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<p>[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 1930453, member: 28550"]Interesting thread. Here's another on the same topic:</p><p><a href="http://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/10952-numismatics-more-than-coinsspintriae/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/10952-numismatics-more-than-coinsspintriae/" rel="nofollow">http://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/10952-numismatics-more-than-coinsspintriae/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As others have written, I don't think the "number on reverse = price" theory holds a lot of water, but I still like to think that these may have functioned as brass checks. Is it possible that the numbers on the backs indicated the room number within a brothel? </p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, numbers found on these range from 1 to 11, with higher numbers being less common. Would this conform to the average size of brothels in the Roman empire? Were these generally small operations with fewer than 10 working women at a time (akin to a modern day strip club) or were they larger operations akin to a 19th century wild west cathouse?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 1930453, member: 28550"]Interesting thread. Here's another on the same topic: [url]http://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/10952-numismatics-more-than-coinsspintriae/[/url] As others have written, I don't think the "number on reverse = price" theory holds a lot of water, but I still like to think that these may have functioned as brass checks. Is it possible that the numbers on the backs indicated the room number within a brothel? Apparently, numbers found on these range from 1 to 11, with higher numbers being less common. Would this conform to the average size of brothels in the Roman empire? Were these generally small operations with fewer than 10 working women at a time (akin to a modern day strip club) or were they larger operations akin to a 19th century wild west cathouse?[/QUOTE]
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