Find: The brothel token, right, which is slightly smaller than a pound coin. It goes on display at the Museum of London
Amateur archeologist: Regis Cursan, 37, discovered the brothel token near Putney Bridge, West London, at low tide
Find: The brothel token, right, which is slightly smaller than a pound coin. It goes on display at the Museum of London
Amateur archeologist: Regis Cursan, 37, discovered the brothel token near Putney Bridge, West London, at low tide
Yeah, right, whatever. What kind of sex slave wouldn't have the gift of tongues???
An eye for an eye, an a$$ for....
Nevermind, the participants are facing each other.
Or, $500 in this economy today.
How appropriate to use a coin called “ass” to pay for some.
Gee, I didn’t know that Berlusconi was that old!
The second oldest profession? With it’s own coin? Wow.
Gee, I am surprised that the Romans had brothels in Britain since the entire country was then little more than a brothe1.
Must be why they’re called pieces of ass.
It`s a Bronze 3rd Place Medal of the Roman Epicurean Olympic Games held in London A.D. 100.
Wow... does it mean there are a set of coins each with a distinct sexual act? Why didn't they find the other? It's like those card games...
Adults only. It's not a site for those in the workplace.
Maybe a British tourist brought a modern exact replica of one of the coins found at Pompeii. Or maybe a British student of archaeology pilfered one of the Pompeii coins. Take a look at them:
http://www.collectionstudio.com/it/blog/coins_or_tokens_for_brothels/
