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Haven't seen the movie, but looking forward to watching it. Here's one of Nero the people of Pompeii probably would have been familiar with.  Nero. Æ As. c. 65 AD. RIC 319. OBV: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P. Bare head of Nero r. REV: SC. Victory advancing l., holding shield inscribed SPQR. My favorite Pompeii related coins are the Aurei of the 1895 Boscoreale hoard. Talk about history in your hands! They were hidden, likely under fear of an imminent catastrophe, and preserved in a cistern under ash and pumice for almost 2000 years. Many of them show a distinctive red toning, probably from the intense heat of a pyroclastic flow. |
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Many of them show a distinctive red toning yes! I've seen those, they absolutely stunning. if you haven't seen them, look here...get a napkin ready to clean up the drool. http://ansmagazine.com/Summer04/BoscorealeEdited by chrsmat71
03/08/2014 12:15 am
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Wow! those are fantastic coins.
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Might has seen some of these their. AS of Claudius.   |
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Number 1, I have not seen the movie. Although now that I know there is one I want to see it. I also want to see the new "300" movie, I hear its out now. Number 2, I thought about what coins I could post for this thread and I wonder if this guy heard the noise.This is also an odd patina for a silver coin eh? Nahapana Makasatrapa Nahapana as Emperor of India 78-130AD ? Kshaharatas of Saurashtra AR Karshapana 21 mm x 2.53g Obv. Greek script. Nahapana right. Rev. Kharoshti script. Brahmi script. Arrow and Thunderbolt. ref: M1253  |
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At the " Pompeii" exhibition last year at the British Museum, I saw a stash of Denarii found in the excavation works done so far. They seemed to range from the Republican era to the reign of Titus. So below is a selection of Denarii that no shop keeper would have said no to on that fateful day, August 24, 79 AD.   C. Claudius Pulcher, AR Denarius, 109 BC, Crawford 300/1. Metal detecting find from Cambridgeshire.   Octavian, AR Denarius, Crawford 523/1a, 40 BC. Metal detecting find from Cambridgeshire.   Vespasian, AR Denarius, RIC II 90, 75 AD Edited by Masis
03/08/2014 9:05 pm
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I have a denarius actually datable to AD 79.  Emperor Titus, denarius, AD 79. Obverse: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM. Reverse: Jewish captive kneeling beneath trophy, TRP VIIII IMP XV COS VII PP. Titus was made AVG in June AD 79 and COS VIII on January 1 AD 80, so that brackets this coin nicely in the target year and even the target period of the year for Vesuvius (August AD 79). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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oh cool sap, I love dated coins anyway.  Edited by chrsmat71
03/10/2014 9:57 pm
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I have a Vespasian dated to 74 AD (COS V), pretty close to the eruption in 79:  |
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Vesuvius would have less devastating eruptions over the centuries, but one occurred in the year 512 AD that was bad enough that the Ostrogothic king of Italy Theodoric exempted from taxes those that were affected by the eruption. Italian coins of the time of Theodoric, and what would have been familiar to those living around Vesuvius at the time:    |
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Let me  What is the name of the new movie? Fantastic coins CCF members. |
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Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Thanks Sap. I had a senior moment. |
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interesting to note the othe eruptions post 79 ad..here's the paragraph from wikipedia...severa in ancient times. Quote:Later eruptions from the 3rd to the 19th century An eruption of Vesuvius seen from Portici, by Joseph Wright (ca. 1774-6) Since the eruption of 79 AD, Vesuvius has erupted around three dozen times. It erupted again in 203, during the lifetime of the historian Cassius Dio. In 472, it ejected such a volume of ash that ashfalls were reported as far away as Constantinople. The eruptions of 512 were so severe that those inhabiting the slopes of Vesuvius were granted exemption from taxes by Theodoric the Great, the Gothic king of Italy. Further eruptions were recorded in 787, 968, 991, 999, 1007 and 1036 with the first recorded lava flows. The volcano became quiescent at the end of the 13th century and in the following years it again became covered with gardens and vineyards as of old. Even the inside of the crater was filled with shrubbery. Vesuvius entered a new phase in December 1631, when a major eruption buried many villages under lava flows, killing around 3,000 people. Torrents of boiling water were also ejected, adding to the devastation. Activity thereafter became almost continuous, with relatively severe eruptions occurring in 1660, 1682, 1694, 1698, 1707, 1737, 1760, 1767, 1779, 1794, 1822, 1834, 1839, 1850, 1855, 1861, 1868, 1872, 1906, 1926, 1929, and 1944. here's an interesting pic from the 1944 eruption...  a senior moment....i have those all the time, and I'm 42! Edited by chrsmat71
03/12/2014 2:13 pm
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