Museum: Rare coin may be Roman brothel token

[Fuji Vice]

LONDON (AP) -- The Museum of London is displaying a coin found by the River Thames that may have been used nearly 2,000 years ago as a "brothel token" in Roman London.

The bronze coin shows a man and woman in an intimate embrace.

Senior curator Caroline McDonald said Thursday it is impossible to determine precisely what the coin was used for.

She says it is probable brothels existed in London when the coin was in circulation after the Roman invasion of Britain in the 1st Century A.D.

Experts believe the coin was concealed by mud along the river banks for some 2,000 years before it was discovered recently by a man with a metal detector looking for objects near Putney Bridge.

So it appears sex really is the oldest profession. Can't say I'm surprised mind you.

 

[Swamps]

Now that is totally awesome if that really is a brothel coin! Can you imagine going into that museum and seeing that coin!? I would be all like, “Yeah, some guy used that Coin to go crush some assâ€￾!

 

[TroyTheAverage]

That is kind of awesome.