Today’s piece of erotic art history is a spintrae coin (”spintria” when plura
Today’s piece of erotic art history is a spintrae coin (”spintria” when plural) which comes to us from the 1st century CE Rome. The purpose of these coins are still debated. The popular press has most frequently popularized them as “brothel tokens” (1,2), however, given that there are non-erotic versions of the same coins with the Roman numerals I-XVI (1-16) on them, the most likely explanation is that they are game pieces (2) thereby making them the equivalent to a “dirty deck” of cards.In this scene, a fully nude man approaches his equally nude female partner from behind on an opulent bed as she turns to face him. The man is either already penetrating or is moments from penetrating his partner as she lays on her stomach and rests her weight on one arm as she arches her back to turn to face her partner.REFERENCE / FURTHER READING(1) WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE: “Spintria”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spintria(2) THE NUMISMATIC BIBLIOMANIA SOCIETY ARTICLE: “Spintriae are no Brothel Tokens” www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n05a09.htmlBOOKS FACT ARTICLE: “Spintriae Ancient Rome Token with Sexual Acts and Symbols“ ^^ (CONTAINS EXCELLENT ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF SPINTRIA)https://www.booksfact.com/archeology/spintriae-ancient-rome-token-sexual-acts-symbols.html -- source link
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