Spintria, were used in ancient Rome to request and
pay for different “services” in brothels and from prostitutes on the
street. Since there were a lot of foreigners coming to the city that did
not speak the language and most of the prostitutes were slaves captured
from other places the coins made the transactions easy and efficient.
One side of these coins showed what the buyer wanted and the other side showed the amount of money to be paid for the act.Δευτέρα 21 Μαΐου 2012
spintria - brothel money
Spintria, were used in ancient Rome to request and
pay for different “services” in brothels and from prostitutes on the
street. Since there were a lot of foreigners coming to the city that did
not speak the language and most of the prostitutes were slaves captured
from other places the coins made the transactions easy and efficient.
One side of these coins showed what the buyer wanted and the other side showed the amount of money to be paid for the act.
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