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spintria
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Also known as spintriae

thumb|300px|A set of spintria tokens found in Rome, dating from around 22 to 37 CE

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Within Vinony's link graph, spintria is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to Roman Empire, Saarland and International Standard Book Number.

It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Roman erotic art, Coins of ancient Rome and Prostitution in ancient Rome.

Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.

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token coin
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tessera
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BLW Saucy Roman Tokens!.jpg
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Spintriae
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thumb|300px|A set of spintria tokens found in Rome, dating from around 22 to 37 CE

A spintria (plural, spintriae) is a small bronze or brass Roman token that typically has a sexual image on one side, and a numeral ranging from I to XVI on the other. They are about 24 mm in diameter. The scenes of couples are typical expressions of sexuality in ancient Rome as found in other explicit art, depicting both female-male and male-male sex acts.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “spintria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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