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The hoarded money
NAPLES, NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, COIN CABINET. Aureus of
Vespasian, mint of Rome, 75-79 A.D. ©SSBAPES.
IMP CAES VESPASIANVS AVG Laureate head to r.
R/ AETERNITAS Aeternitas standing l., holding the heads of Sol and Luna;
to l. altar
Inv. P.14273; g 7,35; mm. 19. RIC II, p.28, n.121a
On the lower floors of the house, founded on city walls, various individuals
were discovered who had met their death there, among which there was a
well-to-do Pompeiian lady who wore two rings and a valuable solid gold
bracelet, finely decorated and weighing 610 grams. Following this exceptional
discovery, the place was named the House of the Golden Bracelet. A small
distance away, at the foot of the stairs that led to the garden, a wooden and
bronze box was found in which one of the fugitives, perhaps the lady herself,
had tried to carry her liquid assets of 40 aurei (inv. 14270 – 17309) and 175
silver denarii (inv. 14312).
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